CVE-2018-12539 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-12539

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

The Eclipse Foundation

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Affected Software

Eclipse OpenJ9
Vulnerable Versions:
0.8

Timeline

Official Publish: August 14th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-419

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.