VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-0070
Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-3100. The Apache Log4j hotpatch package starting with log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-16 will now explicitly mimic the Linux capabilities and cgroups of the target Java process that the hotpatch is applied to.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-250, CWE-269
- Affected
- amazon/log4jhotpatch
- Source
- psirt@paloaltonetworks.com
References
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0070.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilitiesExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0070.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilitiesExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.