CVE Vulnerability

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.

7.2 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

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
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2019-10-14 05:15

Updated : 2019-10-18 02:17

NVD link : CVE-2019-17044

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17044

Products Affected

Bmc

Linux

Linux Kernel

Patrol Agent

CWE
CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions