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CVE-2018-12539 Detail

Current Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/14/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568 Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569 Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575 Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576 Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712 Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713 Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-12539
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018