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Apache Log4j End of Life (EOL) Detection - Windows

🗓️ 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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Apache Log4j End of Life (EOL) Detection - Window

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:log4j";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117844");
  script_version("2025-09-04T05:39:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-04 05:39:49 +0000 (Thu, 04 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-12-17 14:18:40 +0000 (Fri, 17 Dec 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Apache Log4j End of Life (EOL) Detection - Windows");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_log4j_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/log4j/smb-login/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache_logging_services_project_announces");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The Apache Log4j version on the remote host has reached the End
  of Life (EOL) and should not be used anymore.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An EOL version of Apache Log4j is not receiving any security
  updates from the vendor. Unfixed security vulnerabilities might be leveraged by an attacker to
  compromise the security of this host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the Apache Log4j version on the remote host to a still
  supported version.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if an EOL version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("date_func.inc");
include("eol_product.inc");
include("eol_shared.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( ret = product_reached_eol( cpe:CPE, version:version ) ) {
  report = eol_build_message( name:"Apache Log4j",
                              cpe:CPE,
                              version:version,
                              location:location,
                              eol_version:ret["eol_version"],
                              eol_date:ret["eol_date"],
                              eol_url:"https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache_logging_services_project_announces",
                              eol_type:"prod" );

  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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