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CVE-2022-29549
HIGH7.3
Description
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It executes programs at various full pathnames without first making ownership and permission checks (e.g., to help ensure that a program was installed by root) and without integrity checks (e.g., a checksum comparison against known legitimate programs). Also, the vendor recommendation is to install this agent software with root privileges. Thus, privilege escalation is possible on systems where any of these pathnames is controlled by a non-root user. An example is /opt/firebird/bin/isql, where the /opt/firebird directory is often owned by the firebird user.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score7.3
SeverityHIGH
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorLOCAL
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published8/18/2022
Last Modified11/21/2024
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
qualys:cloud_agent_for_linux
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-354
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html(cve@mitre.org)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10(cve@mitre.org)
https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux(cve@mitre.org)
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research(cve@mitre.org)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://software.firstworks.com/p/getting-started-with-firebird.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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