CVE-2021-3100 (GCVE-0-2021-3100)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-19 22:15 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:48
VLAI?
Summary
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Amazon Web Services | log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch |
Affected:
unspecified , < 1.1-13
(custom)
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Credits
Yuval Avrahami, Palo Alto Networks
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