CVE-2022-29527 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by exploiting a race condition that creates a world-writable sudoers file in the AWS SSM 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
- Available
What is CVE-2022-29527?
CVE-2022-29527 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29527?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (8)
amazon-ssm-agent SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-4.27.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.9.2 |
amazon-ssm-agent openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 3.1.1260.0-1.1 |
Products include Amazon Amazon Ssm Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2022-29527?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2022-29527 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29527 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-87pw-p9qx-p46w, SUSE-SU-2022:1510-1, SUSE-SU-2022:3654-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:12012-1.