CVE-2019-17044 Privilege escalation in n/a
An attacker with patrol privileges can escalate to root by crafting a malicious shared library loaded by the SUID binary due to weak permissions.
- 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-2019-17044?
CVE-2019-17044 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 PatrolAgent SUID binary could allow an attacker with "patrol" privileges to elevate his/her privileges to the ones of the "root" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17044?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bmc Patrol Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17044?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-17044 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17044 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gpr9-77hp-32p9.