CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3100

8.8 HIGH Published 2022-04-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-04-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-250, CWE-269

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.

Affected configurations

• amazon log4jhotpatch (< 1.1-13)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References