Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Zabbix Agent for Alpine Linux
CVE-2022-22704

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Zabbix

Status
Zabbix-agent2
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2022

What is CVE-2022-22704?

The zabbix-agent2 package prior to version 5.4.9-r1 for Alpine Linux contains a design flaw that may lead to unauthorized privilege escalation to root. This issue arises from an incorrect assumption regarding the role of systemd in determining part of the configuration, which can be exploited by malicious actors to gain elevated access rights.

References

https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13368
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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