CVE-2021-3100

Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Apr 19, 2022
Updated: Sep 16, 2024
Reserved: Jan 7, 2021

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Affected Products

Product	Versions
log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatchAmazon Web Services	before 1.1-13Affected

References

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1732.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1554.html
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities

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