Vulnerability in Bmc Patrol Agent
CVE-2019-17044
An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i. Weak execution permissions on the PatrolAgent SUID binary could allow an attacker with "patrol" privileges to elevate his/her privileges to the ones of the "root" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bmc Patrol Agent — versions 9.0.10i
- Linux Kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- twitter.com/whira_wr (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-root-privilege-escalation (Third Party Advisory)
- docs.bmc.com/docs/PATROLAgent/11302/notification-of-action-required-by-patrol-a… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17044?
- CVE-2019-17044 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-2019-17044?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-17044 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.