CVE-2021-37942

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    CVE-2021-37942

    Published: 22 Nov 2023Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.elastic.co/community/security, https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 11313a510b8783147a100306efc1e915ef8d9ff1
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.27.0

    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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