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CVE-2022-0070 (GCVE-0-2022-0070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-19 22:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:10
VLAI
Title
Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation
Summary
Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Amazon Web Services log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch Affected: unspecified , < 1.1-16 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-04-19 00:00
Credits
Yuval Avrahami, Palo Alto Networks
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