Vulnerability in Progress Openedge
CVE-2022-29849
In Progress OpenEdge before 11.7.14 and 12.x before 12.2.9, certain SUID binaries within the OpenEdge application were susceptible to privilege escalation. If exploited, a local attacker could elevate their privileges and compromise the affected system.
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: 0.003 (18.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
References
- www.progress.com/openedge (Product)
- community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-V… (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available (Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-29849?
- CVE-2022-29849 is a high-severity vulnerability in Progress Openedge. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2022-29849?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.