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CVE-2018-12539 Detail

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.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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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 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-419 Unprotected Primary Channel Reference acceptance level Eclipse Foundation  

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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:
10/09/2019
Source:
Eclipse Foundation