CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-29549

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.

7.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux Vendor Advisory
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research Vendor Advisory
http://software.firstworks.com/p/getting-started-with-firebird.html Not Applicable
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-08-18 01:15

Updated : 2022-09-15 04:49

NVD link : CVE-2022-29549

Mitre link : CVE-2022-29549

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-354