CVE-2021-37941
CVSS V2 Medium 4.4
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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 profiling_inferred_spans_enabled option
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-37941
- Assigner
- bressers@elastic.co
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2021-12-08T22:15:08
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-12-14T00:23:16
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.10.0 | 1.26.0 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.4
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.4
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627 | Vendor Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37941 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-37941 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 06:41:28 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-06 03:24:23 | security@elastic.co | bressers@elastic.co | CVE Assigner | updated |
| 2022-12-06 03:24:23 | 2021-12-08T22:15Z | 2021-12-08T22:15:08 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-06 03:24:23 | 2021-12-14T00:23:16 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-06 03:24:23 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |