CVE-2022-33915 Versions of the Amazon AWS Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.3.5 are affected by a race condition that co
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-33915?
CVE-2022-33915 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Jun 2022.
Official description
Versions of the Amazon AWS Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.3.5 are affected by a race condition that could lead to a local privilege escalation. This Hotpatch package is not a replacement for updating to a log4j version that mitigates CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046; it provides a temporary mitigation to CVE-2021-44228 by hotpatching the local Java virtual machines. To do so, it iterates through all running Java processes, performs several checks, and executes the Java virtual machine with the same permissions and capabilities as the running process to load the hotpatch. A local user could cause the hotpatch script to execute a binary with elevated privileges by running a custom java process that performs exec() of an SUID binary after the hotpatch has observed the process path and before it has observed its effective user ID.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33915?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amazon Hotpatch.
How do I fix CVE-2022-33915?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33915 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-33915 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33915 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vjw-ghvr-gv6w.