CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-33915

Versions of the Amazon AWS Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.3.5 are affected by a race condition that could lead to a local privilege escalation. This Hotpatch package is not a replacement for updating to a log4j version that mitigates CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046; it provides a temporary mitigation to CVE-2021-44228 by hotpatching the local Java virtual machines. To do so, it iterates through all running Java processes, performs several checks, and executes the Java virtual machine with the same permissions and capabilities as the running process to load the hotpatch. A local user could cause the hotpatch script to execute a binary with elevated privileges by running a custom java process that performs exec() of an SUID binary after the hotpatch has observed the process path and before it has observed its effective user ID.

4.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1601.html Vendor Advisory
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1806.html Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:amazon:hotpatch:*:*:*:*:*:log4j:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-06-17 01:15

Updated : 2022-07-05 07:43

NVD link : CVE-2022-33915

Mitre link : CVE-2022-33915

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-362