CVE-2019-17043 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can elevate privileges to the patrol user by exploiting weak permissions on a SUID binary in BMC Patrol Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-17043?
CVE-2019-17043 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i. Weak execution permissions on the best1collect.exe SUID binary could allow an attacker to elevate his/her privileges to the ones of the "patrol" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17043?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bmc Patrol Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17043?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17043 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-17043 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17043 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h3fm-hh7q-c7wc.