CVE-2022-0070CWE-250

Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation

High · published April 19, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00380 · 30.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Published
2022-04-19T22:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 APR 22:15Z
    Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation
    cvelistv5