CVE-2022-29549

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Last Modified on: 09/15/2022 04:49:00 PM UTC

CVE-2022-29549

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Certain versions of Cloud Agent For Linux from Qualys contain the following vulnerability:

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.

CVE-2022-29549 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.3 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
LOCAL	LOW	LOW	REQUIRED
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	HIGH	HIGH	HIGH

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Full Disclosure: Multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent	seclists.org text/html	FULLDISC 20220912 Multiple vulnerabilities discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent
Category: Vulnerabilities and Threat Research \| Qualys Security Blog	blog.qualys.com text/html	MISC blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research
Qualys Cloud Agent Arbitrary Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm	packetstormsecurity.com text/html	MISC packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
Qualys Security Updates: Cloud Agent for Linux \| Qualys Security Blog	blog.qualys.com text/html	MISC blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux
firstworks software and systems: Getting Started with Firebird	software.firstworks.com text/html	MISC software.firstworks.com/p/getting-started-with-firebird.html

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Related QID Numbers

376807 Qualys Cloud Agent for Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Qualys	Cloud Agent For Linux	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent_for_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
/r/netcve	CVE-2022-29549	2022-08-18 14:38:50