Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in BMC Patrol Agent by BMC Software
CVE-2019-17043

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Bmc

Status
Patrol Agent
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 October 2019

What is CVE-2019-17043?

A vulnerability in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i allows attackers with local access to exploit weak execution permissions on the best1collect.exe SUID binary. By crafting a malicious shared library (.so file), an attacker can successfully elevate their privileges to that of the 'patrol' user, potentially compromising the security of the system.

References

https://twitter.com/whira_wr
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https://github.com/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-r...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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