CVE-2021-37942
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-22 01:33
Modified
2024-08-04 01:30
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
References
bressers@elastic.cohttps://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-java-agent-security-update/291355Vendor Advisory
bressers@elastic.cohttps://www.elastic.co/community/securityProduct
Impacted products
ElasticElastic APM Java Agent
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