What is CVE-2021-37941?

CVE-2021-37941 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability found in the APM Java agent.

What is the severity of CVE-2021-37941?

The severity of CVE-2021-37941 is high with a CVSS score of 7.8.

How does CVE-2021-37941 affect the Elastic Apm Agent?

CVE-2021-37941 affects the Elastic Apm Agent version 1.10.0 to 1.26.0.

How can a user exploit CVE-2021-37941?

A user can exploit CVE-2021-37941 by attaching a malicious file to an application running with the APM Java agent.

Is there a fix available for CVE-2021-37941?

Yes, a fix has been provided by Elastic, and it is recommended to update to a patched version of the Elastic Apm Agent.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2021-37941

high

7.8

CWE

269

8/12/2021

9/12/2021

4/8/2024

CVE-2021-37941

First published: Wed Dec 08 2021(Updated: )

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

Credit: bressers@elastic.co bressers@elastic.co

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Elastic Apm Agent	>=1.10.0<=1.26.0
pip/elastic-apm	>=1.10.0<1.27.0	1.27.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-37941?
CVE-2021-37941 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability found in the APM Java agent.
What is the severity of CVE-2021-37941?
The severity of CVE-2021-37941 is high with a CVSS score of 7.8.
How does CVE-2021-37941 affect the Elastic Apm Agent?
CVE-2021-37941 affects the Elastic Apm Agent version 1.10.0 to 1.26.0.
How can a user exploit CVE-2021-37941?
A user can exploit CVE-2021-37941 by attaching a malicious file to an application running with the APM Java agent.
Is there a fix available for CVE-2021-37941?
Yes, a fix has been provided by Elastic, and it is recommended to update to a patched version of the Elastic Apm Agent.

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