Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2022 · Assigned by palo_alto

CVE-2022-0070Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch from Amazon Web Services. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Amazon Web Services log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch unspecified – before 1.1-16

Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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