{"id":"CVE-2018-12539","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12539","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:22.460Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2018-08-14T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:37:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"emo@eclipse.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-419","CWE-502"],"affected":["eclipse/openj9","oracle/enterprise manager base platform"],"epss":{"score":0.00494,"percentile":0.42228,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713","tags":["Not Applicable","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12539","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}