CVE-2021-37941 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Elastic APM Java agent. An authenticated local attacker can attach a malicious file to an application running with the agent, allowing them to execute commands with elevated permissions. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.10.0, <= 1.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:java:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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