CVE-2017-5198

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5198
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-24 07:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionSolarWinds LEM (aka SIEM) before 6.3.1 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows local users to obtain root access by editing /usr/local/contego/scripts/hostname.sh.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Solarwinds Log And Event Manager All All All All
Application Solarwinds Log And Event Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
0xlabs | Blog: SolarWinds LEM: SSH Jailbreak and Privilege Escalation MISC blog.0xlabs.com Third Party Advisory
SolarWinds Log and Event Manager CVE-2017-5198 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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