CVE-2018-12539

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - emo@eclipse.org

Published

2018-08-14

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-419, CWE-502

Affected products

• Openj9 (Eclipse)
• Enterprise Manager Base Platform (Oracle)
• Eclipse Openj9 (The Eclipse Foundation)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html