CVE-2021-4104 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2021-4104

Deserialization of untrusted data in JMSAppender in Apache Log4j 1.2

Vulnerability Description

JMSAppender in Log4j 1.2 is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration. The attacker can provide TopicBindingName and TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName configurations causing JMSAppender to perform JNDI requests that result in remote code execution in a similar fashion to CVE-2021-44228. Note this issue only affects Log4j 1.2 when specifically configured to use JMSAppender, which is not the default. Apache Log4j 1.2 reached end of life in August 2015. Users should upgrade to Log4j 2 as it addresses numerous other issues from the previous versions.

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

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Affected Vendor

Apache Software Foundation

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Affected Software

Apache Log4j 1.x
Vulnerable Versions:
Apache Log4j 1.2 1.2.x

Timeline

Official Publish: December 14th, 2021
Last Modified: May 28th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)