CVE-2018-12539

moderate-risk

Published 2018-08-14

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.

Do I need to act?

0.05% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Openj9

Enterprise Manager Base Platform

Affected Vendors

Oracle Eclipse

References (20)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765

Not Applicable https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568

Not Applicable https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569

Not Applicable https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575

Not Applicable https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576

Not Applicable https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712

Not Applicable https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713

Issue Tracking https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589

Patch https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html