CVE-2022-33912 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local privilege escalation in Checkmk agent due to incorrect file permissions on maintainer scripts, allowing user 1001 to execute code as root.
- 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-2022-33912?
CVE-2022-33912 is a high-severity vulnerability in Checkmk Checkmk, published on 17 Jun 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A permission issue affects users that deployed the shipped version of the Checkmk Debian package. Packages created by the agent bakery (enterprise editions only) were not affected. Using the shipped version of the agents, the maintainer scripts located at /var/lib/dpkg/info/ will be owned by the user and the group with ID 1001. If such a user exists on the system, they can change the content of these files (which are then executed by root). This leads to a local privilege escalation on the monitored host. Version 1.6 through 1.6.9p29, version 2.0 through 2.0.0p26, version 2.1 through 2.1.0p3, and version 2.2.0i1 are affected.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33912?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Checkmk Checkmk, Tribe29 Checkmk.
How do I fix CVE-2022-33912?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33912 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-33912 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33912 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-84hr-27gr-gjjg.