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.
Published 2023-11-22 02:15:42
Updated 2023-11-30 19:33:06
Source Elastic
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute codeGain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2021-37942

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-37942

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-37942

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.0
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.0
5.9
Elastic
7.8
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.8
5.9
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2021-37942

  • The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
    Assigned by: bressers@elastic.co (Secondary)

References for CVE-2021-37942

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