CVE-2021-37941
HIGHElastic APM Java Agent 1.10.0-1.26.0 - Local Privilege Escalation via Attacher CLI or API
Title source: llmDescription
A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious file to an application running with the APM Java agent. Using this vector, a malicious or compromised user account could use the agent to run commands at a higher level of permissions than they possess. This vulnerability affects users that have set up the agent via the attacher cli 3, the attach API 2, as well as users that have enabled the profiling_inferred_spans_enabled option
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/289627
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
10.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
elastic/apm_agent
1.10.0 - 1.26.0
pypi/elastic-apm
1.10.0 - 1.27.0PyPI
Published
Dec 08, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026