CVE-2022-29527

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Published Apr 20, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_ssm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-33863	Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.300% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196556
https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/commit/0fe8ae99b2ff25649c7b86d3bc05fc037400aca7
https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/releases/tag/3.1.1208.0

History

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Subscriptions

Amazon Amazon Ssm Agent

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:26 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 20, 2022, 9:09 AM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 6:26 AM
Reserved: Apr 20, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:40 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 20, 2022, 10:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:40 AM

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