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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12798 (CVE-2024-12798)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-12-19 16:15 – Updated: 2026-01-20 05:17 – Source website

Details

ACE vulnerability in JaninoEventEvaluator by QOS.CH logback-core upto including version 0.1 to 1.3.14 and 1.4.0 to 1.5.12 in Java applications allows attacker to execute arbitrary code by compromising an existing logback configuration file or by injecting an environment variable before program execution. Malicious logback configuration files can allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code using the JaninoEventEvaluator extension. A successful attack requires the user to have write access to a configuration file. Alternatively, the attacker could inject a malicious environment variable pointing to a malicious configuration file. In both cases, the attack requires existing privilege.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L/RE:L/U:Clear

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-12798	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12798	REPORT
	https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.5.13	REPORT

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CVE-2024-12798 (GCVE-0-2024-12798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-19 15:14 – Updated: 2025-01-03 13:38

Title

JaninoEventEvaluator vulnerability

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L/RE:L/U:Clear

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-12-20 20:17 UTC

CWE

CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

Assigner

NCSC.ch CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 79/100 over 79 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.5.13
https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.3.15

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
QOS.CH Sarl	Logback-core	Affected: 0.1 , ≤ 1.3.14 (maven) Affected: 1.4.0 , ≤ 1.5.12 (maven) Unaffected: 1.3.15 Unaffected: 1.5.13

Credits

7asecurity

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Sightings

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