CVE-2022-29549
Qualys Cloud Agent Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 18, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 15, 2022, 4:49 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2022-29549.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://software.firstworks.com/p/getting-started-with-firebird.html | Not Applicable |
| 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 |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 15, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 13, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 19, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://software.firstworks.com/p/getting-started-with-firebird.html No Types Assigned http://software.firstworks.com/p/getting-started-with-firebird.html Not Applicable Changed Reference Type https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux No Types Assigned https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research No Types Assigned https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-354 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.5.548.2
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-29549 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-29549
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12552
percentile