CVE-2021-37942
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
22 Nov 2023Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
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