CVE-2018-12539

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    CVE-2018-12539

    Published: 14 Aug 2018Last Modified: 3 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713, https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e24e8aa9bdffadfff8564ac605b0003928dcd1aa
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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