CVE-2019-17044

An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i. Weak execution permissions on the PatrolAgent SUID binary could allow an attacker with "patrol" privileges to elevate his/her privileges to the ones of the "root" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.bmc.com/docs/PATROLAgent/11302/notification-of-action-required-by-patrol-agent-users-to-apply-the-security-patch-898411558.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://twitter.com/whira_wr	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-root-privilege-escalation	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:9.0.10i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-10-14 10:15

Updated : 2019-10-18 07:17

NVD link : CVE-2019-17044

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17044

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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Products Affected

bmc

patrol_agent

linux

linux_kernel

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