4.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-45770
"Performance Co-Pilot pmpost Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability"
Description

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 19, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 20, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-45770 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 Redhat enterprise_linux

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-45770 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 [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6837 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6840 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6842 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6843 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6844 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6846 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6847 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6848 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45770 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310451 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-59
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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