CVE-2018-12539

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-419

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 products

The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9: 0.8
Oracle Corporation Enterprise Manager Base Platform: 13.2.0.0.0, 13.3.0.0.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2713
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=534589
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105126
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041765

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