CVE-2023-50260

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So, it can leads to LPE on server as root and RCE on agent as root. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.7.2."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Wazuh es una plataforma gratuita y de c\u00f3digo abierto que se utiliza para la prevenci\u00f3n, detecci\u00f3n y respuesta a amenazas. Una validaci\u00f3n incorrecta en el script `host_deny` permite escribir cualquier cadena en el archivo `hosts.deny`, lo que puede terminar en la ejecuci\u00f3n de un comando arbitrario en el sistema de destino. Esta vulnerabilidad es parte de la funci\u00f3n de respuesta activa, que puede desencadenar acciones autom\u00e1ticamente en respuesta a alertas. De forma predeterminada, las respuestas activas est\u00e1n limitadas a un conjunto de ejecutables predefinidos. Esto se aplica permitiendo que solo los ejecutables almacenados en `/var/ossec/active-response/bin` se ejecuten como una respuesta activa. Sin embargo, el `/var/ossec/active-response/bin/host_deny` puede ser explotado. `host_deny` se usa para agregar una direcci\u00f3n IP al archivo `/etc/hosts.deny` para bloquear conexiones entrantes en un nivel de servicio mediante el uso de contenedores TCP. El atacante puede inyectar un comando arbitrario en el archivo `/etc/hosts.deny` y ejecutar un comando arbitrario utilizando la directiva spawn. La respuesta activa se puede activar escribiendo eventos en la cola \"execd\" local en el servidor o en la cola \"ar\" que reenv\u00eda los eventos a los agentes. Por lo tanto, puede conducir a LPE en el servidor como ra\u00edz y a RCE en el agente como ra\u00edz. 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