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VendorElastic (1d0b8d2a-fd47-5b20-b005-34326f9bd037)
ProductApm Java Agent (6b01cc1f-e3bf-554f-929f-3deb7132ca53)
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pkg:github/elastic/apm-agent-java purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:15.475357
pkg:maven/co.elastic.apm/elastic-apm-agent purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:15:15.475361

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2021-37942 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:45:01.271308 APM Java Agent Local Privilege Escalation
HIGH (7)
A local privilege escalation issue was found with the APM Java agent, where a user on the system could attach a malicious plugin to an application running the APM Java agent. By using this vulnerability, an attacker could execute code at a potentially higher level of permissions than their user typically has access to.
Published: 2023-11-22T01:33:48.984Z
Updated: 2024-08-04T01:30:09.172Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data
CVE:CVE-2021-37941 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:45:01.269283 Details available
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
Published: 2021-12-08T21:15:19.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-04T01:30:08.522Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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