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CVE-2021-44228

Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Watch priority : UrgentCVSS 10.0 v3.1Exploited

Why this priority

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  • Présent dans le catalogue CISA KEV (exploitation confirmée)

Description

Apache Log4j2 contains a vulnerability where JNDI features do not protect against attacker-controlled JNDI-related endpoints, allowing for remote code execution.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Apache Software FoundationApache Log4j2
  • from 2.0-beta9 to log4j-core* excluded
ApacheLog4j2All versions

Revision history

  1. Revision 3

  2. Revision 2

    Update : Affected versions changed

  3. Revision 1

    New record

Qualification

CVSS severity
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Technical severity score between 0 and 10, with its version (3.1, 4.0). See the glossary

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS v3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
KEV catalog
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CISA catalog of vulnerabilities with confirmed exploitation. Absence from the catalog does not prove absence of exploitation. See the glossary

Listed
Exploitation
Confirmed
EPSS probability
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Probability, between 0 and 1, that a vulnerability is exploited in the next 30 days, published daily by FIRST. Always dated. See the glossary

Unknown
Confidence
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Quality of the sources behind the record. It is not a risk score. See the glossary

High

Priority rules, version 1

CISA KEV catalog

Added on
10 December 2021
Federal due date
24 December 2021
Required action
For all affected software assets for which updates exist, the only acceptable remediation actions are: 1) Apply updates; OR 2) remove affected assets from agency networks. Temporary mitigations using one of the measures provided at https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ed-22-02-apache-log4j-recommended-mitigation-measures are only acceptable until updates are available.
Ransomware use
Known

Record

Published on
10 December 2021
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-20, CWE-400, CWE-502

Sources

References

CVE-2021-44228 Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability · Avanguard TACTIC