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CVE-2021-3100
Log4j hot patch package privilege escalation
High8.8EPSS 0.37%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- palo_alto
Description
The Apache Log4j hotpatch package before log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch-1.1-13 didn’t mimic the permissions of the JVM being patched, allowing it to escalate privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| palo_altoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Amazon Web Services · log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
- affected unspecified – < 1.1-13
References (3)
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1732.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2021-1554.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/aws-log4shell-hot-patch-vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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