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.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 | Vendor Advisory | 
| https://www.elastic.co/community/security | Product | 
| https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 | Vendor Advisory | 
| https://www.elastic.co/community/security | Product | 
Configurations
                    History
                    21 Nov 2024, 06:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.elastic.co/community/security - Product | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 7.0 | 
30 Nov 2023, 19:33
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8 | 
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| References | () https://www.elastic.co/community/security - Product | |
| References | () https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355 - Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:elastic:apm_java_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| First Time | Elastic apm Java Agent Elastic | 
22 Nov 2023, 03:36
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| New CVE | 
Information
                Published : 2023-11-22 02:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 06:16
NVD link : CVE-2021-37942
Mitre link : CVE-2021-37942
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-37942
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Products Affected
                elastic
- apm_java_agent
CWE
                