PT-2023-12332 · Unknown · Apm Java Agent

Published 2023-11-22 · Updated 2023-11-30 · CVE-2021-37942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions APM Java agent (affected versions not specified)

Description A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious plugin to an application running the APM Java agent. By using this issue, an attacker could execute code at a potentially higher level of permissions than their user typically has access to.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-37942

GHSA-5XQM-HC45-F2G2

Affected Products

Apm Java Agent

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37942 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-37942 · Vendor Advisory
• https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5xqm-hc45-f2g2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-java · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/61777 · Telegram Post
• https://elastic.co/community/security · Note