GHSA-r562-m862-63w3

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r562-m862-63w3
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/12/GHSA-r562-m862-63w3/GHSA-r562-m862-63w3.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-r562-m862-63w3
Aliases
  • CVE-2021-37941
Published
2021-12-09T00:00:28Z
Modified
2024-04-22T22:57:18.477881Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
Details

A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious file to an application running with the APM Java agent. Using this vector, a malicious or compromised user account could use the agent to run commands at a higher level of permissions than they possess. This vulnerability affects users that have set up the agent via the attacher cli 3, the attach API 2, as well as users that have enabled the profilinginferredspans_enabled option

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-08T22:15:00Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-269"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-22T22:34:38Z"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / elastic-apm

Package

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
1.10.0
Fixed
1.27.0