PT-2019-14921 · Bmc · Bmc Patrol Agent

Blogresponder + 3 · Published 2019-10-14 · Updated 2019-10-18 · CVE-2019-17043

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BMC Patrol Agent version 9.0.10i

Description An issue was discovered that could allow an attacker to elevate privileges to those of the "patrol" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution of the best1collect.exe SUID binary, due to weak execution permissions.

Recommendations For BMC Patrol Agent version 9.0.10i, consider restricting access to the best1collect.exe SUID binary to prevent exploitation until a fix is available. Additionally, monitor the system for any suspicious activity related to the loading of shared library .so files.

Fix

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-17043

Affected Products

Bmc Patrol Agent

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17043 · Security Note
• https://github.com/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-root-privilege-escalation · Note
• https://twitter.com/whira_wr · Note