CVE-2018-12539

N/A
Published: August 14, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise Manager Base PlatformOpenJ9

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (10)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-419CWE-502

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