Vulnerability in Bmc Patrol Agent
CVE-2019-17043
An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i. Weak execution permissions on the best1collect.exe SUID binary could allow an attacker to elevate his/her privileges to the ones of the "patrol" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution.
EPSS: 0.004 (29.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Bmc Patrol_agent — versions 9.0.10i
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17043?
- CVE-2019-17043 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bmc Patrol Agent, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-10-14.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17043?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-17043 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.