CVE-2022-29549 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting missing ownership and integrity checks on executed programs in the Qualys Cloud Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-29549?
CVE-2022-29549 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It executes programs at various full pathnames without first making ownership and permission checks (e.g., to help ensure that a program was installed by root) and without integrity checks (e.g., a checksum comparison against known legitimate programs). Also, the vendor recommendation is to install this agent software with root privileges. Thus, privilege escalation is possible on systems where any of these pathnames is controlled by a non-root user. An example is /opt/firebird/bin/isql, where the /opt/firebird directory is often owned by the firebird user.
Weakness: CWE-354
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29549?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Qualys Cloud Agent for Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2022-29549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-29549 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29549 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2xrg-fw6r-w46h.