CVE-2022-0070

Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation

State: Published
Severity: 8.8 High
Published: Apr 19, 2022
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 28, 2021

Description

Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.

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 1.1-16Affected

References

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0070.html

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