CVE-2021-3100

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 8.8

Description

The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-3100

Assigner
psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-04-19T23:15:13

Last Modified Date
2022-10-06T16:08:27

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:log4jhotpatch::::::::	1	OR		1.1-13
cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2

Impact Score
6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1732.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1554.html
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3100
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3100

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-04-20 16:58:44				Added to TrackCVE