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Log4j Vulnerability Explained

The Apache Log4j vulnerability wreaking havoc has a far greater impact than anticipated. We published a detailed blog post about the CVE-2021-44228 Log4j vulnerability and its exploitation on Friday, 10th December. However, we have seen that there is still a great panic despite a patch being available for Log4j.

Apache Log4j is a widely used Java library used in many commercial and open-source software products as a Java logging framework. The CVE-2021-44228 is a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that can be exploited without authentication. The vulnerability's criticality is rated as 10 (out of 10) in the common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS).

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