CVE-2022-29549

Published Aug 18, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.3 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It executes programs at various full pathnames without first making ownership and permission checks (e.g., to help ensure that a program was installed by root) and without integrity checks (e.g., a checksum comparison against known legitimate programs). Also, the vendor recommendation is to install this agent software with root privileges. Thus, privilege escalation is possible on systems where any of these pathnames is controlled by a non-root user. An example is /opt/firebird/bin/isql, where the /opt/firebird directory is often owned by the firebird user.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-33884 An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It executes programs at various full pathnames without first making ownership and permission checks (e.g., to help ensure that a program was installed by root) and without integrity checks (e.g., a checksum comparison against known legitimate programs). Also, the vendor recommendation is to install this agent software with root privileges. Thus, privilege escalation is possible on systems where any of these pathnames is controlled by a non-root user. An example is /opt/firebird/bin/isql, where the /opt/firebird directory is often owned by the firebird user.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 6:26 AM
Reserved
Apr 21, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 18, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:40 AM