CVE-ID |
CVE-2021-37942
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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.
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References |
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Assigning CNA |
Elastic |
Date Record Created |
20210803 |
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Phase (Legacy) |
Assigned (20210803) |
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Comments (Legacy) |
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Proposed (Legacy) |
N/A |
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