7.0
High
CVE-2021-37942 A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a…
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic APM Java Agent 1.18 | 1.18.0 → < 1.27.0 | 1.27.0 |
References
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