CVE-2018-12539CWE-419

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same…

published August 14, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00494 · 41.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-419 · Unprotected Primary Channel
Published
2018-08-14T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 19:00Z
    In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same…
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