CVE-2021-37942CWE-269

APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation

High · published November 22, 2023

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 vulnerability, an attacker could execute code at a potentially higher level of permissions than their user typically has access to.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00249 · 15.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2023-11-22T01:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 NOV 01:33Z
    APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
    cvelistv5