CVE-2018-12539

HIGH

Eclipse OpenJ9 0.8 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.

References (10)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765

[Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568

[Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569

[Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575

[Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576

[Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712

[Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 13.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-502 CWE-419

Status published

Affected Products (3)

eclipse/openj9

oracle/enterprise_manager_base_platform

oracle/enterprise_manager_base_platform

Timeline

Published Aug 14, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026