CVE-2021-37942— APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2021-37942
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
特权管理不恰当
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Elastic APM 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Elastic APM是荷兰Elastic公司的用于监控和分析应用程序性能的平台。 Elastic APM Java agent存在安全漏洞。攻击者利用该漏洞可以通过提升权限执行代码。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastic | Elastic APM Java Agent | 1.18.0 ~ 1.27.0 | - |
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Same Patch Batch · Elastic · 2023-11-22 · 7 CVEs total
| CVE-2021-22142 | 6.6 MEDIUM | Kibana Reporting vulnerabilities |
| CVE-2021-22150 | 6.6 MEDIUM | Kibana code execution issue |
| CVE-2023-46673 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Elasticsearch 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2021-37937 | 5.9 MEDIUM | Elasticsearch privilege escalation |
| CVE-2021-22151 | 3.1 LOW | Kibana path traversal issue |
| CVE-2021-22143 | 2.1 LOW | Elastic APM .NET Agent information disclosure |
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