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CVE-2018-12539

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.49%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Windows, Linux, Java.

CVE
CVE-2018-12539
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.49%
Windows Linux Java

Original NVD 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.

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