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CVE-2018-12539: eclipse openj9 Unprotected Primary Channel

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
Published 14-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-12539 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Unprotected Primary Channel vulnerability in eclipse openj9. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 7
RHSA-2018:2568RHSA-2018:2569RHSA-2018:2575RHSA-2018:2576RHSA-2018:2712RHSA-2018:2713

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.49% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Eclipse1 product
Oracle1 product
The eclipse foundation1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

10 links