Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation
CVE-2022-0070

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Amazon Web Services

Status
Log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 April 2022

What is CVE-2022-0070?

Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.

Affected Version(s)

log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch < 1.1-16

References

https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-pat...
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https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0070.html
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Yuval Avrahami, Palo Alto Networks
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CVE-2022-0070 : Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation