Vulnerability in Bmc Patrol Agent
CVE-2023-34257
An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol through 23.1.00. The agent's configuration can be remotely modified (and, by default, authentication is not required). Some configuration fields related to SNMP (e.g., masterAgentName or masterAgentStartLine) result in code execution when the agent is restarted. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is "These are not vulnerabilities for us as we have provided the option to implement the authentication."
EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Bmc Patrol_agent
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-34257?
- CVE-2023-34257 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bmc Patrol Agent. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-31.
- How severe is CVE-2023-34257?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.