CVE-2018-12539 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589 https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8