CVE-2021-37942 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Elastic APM Java agent. An authenticated local attacker could attach a malicious plugin to an application utilizing the agent, potentially executing code with elevated permissions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.18.0, <= 1.27.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_java_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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