CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-41035

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published: Oct 25, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Ubuntu

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.29.0, the JVM does not throw IllegalAccessError for MethodHandles that invoke inaccessible interface methods.

Weakness

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openj9 Eclipse * 0.29.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary RedHat java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Supplementary RedHat java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.5.0-1jpp.1.el7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.0-1.el8_5 *

Potential Mitigations

References