CVE-2021-3100 is a vulnerability in Amazon Aws
Published on April 19, 2022
Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didnt mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-3100 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Timeline
Initial publication
Corrected the fixed version to 1.1-13 22 days later.
Weakness Type
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-3100
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Affected Versions
Amazon Web Services log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch:- Version unspecified and below 1.1-13 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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