CVE-2019-17044 json
An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i.
published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-7518
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i. Weak execution permissions on the PatrolAgent SUID binary could allow an attacker with "patrol" privileges to elevate his/her privileges to the ones of the "root" user by specially crafting a shared library .so file that will be loaded during execution.
Patch / fix
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0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
References
-
docs.bmc.com
/docs/PATROLAgent/11302/notification-of-action-required-by-patrol-agent-users-to-apply-the-security-patch-8984
patch, vendor-advisory
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twitter.com
/whira_wr
third-party-advisory
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github.com
/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-root-privilege-escalation
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-17044
- NVD CVE-2019-17044
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