7.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-29849
Progress OpenEdge SUID Binary Privilege Escalation Vuln
Description

In Progress OpenEdge before 11.7.14 and 12.x before 12.2.9, certain SUID binaries within the OpenEdge application were susceptible to privilege escalation. If exploited, a local attacker could elevate their privileges and compromise the affected system.

INFO

Published Date :

May 2, 2022, 12:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-29849 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Progress openedge

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-29849 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-29849 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available
    Added Reference https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available
    Added Reference https://community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2022-29849
    Added Reference https://www.progress.com/openedge
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available No Types Assigned https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available No Types Assigned https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2022-29849 No Types Assigned https://community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2022-29849 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.progress.com/openedge No Types Assigned https://www.progress.com/openedge Product
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.7 up to (excluding) 11.7.14 *cpe:2.3:a:progress:openedge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 12.0.0 up to (excluding) 12.2.9
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-29849 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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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

0.05635

percentile

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