CVE-2021-3100
CVE-2021-3100 — Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, palo_alto
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-250
References
3 on the record
- alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1732.html
x_refsource_MISC
- alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1554.html
x_refsource_MISC
- unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities
x_refsource_MISC
Elsewhere on this site
- amazon web servicesevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-250other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.