{"id":"CVE-2019-17044","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-17044","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:38:08.851Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2019-10-14T17:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:23:12.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-276"],"affected":["bmc/patrol agent"],"epss":{"score":0.00393,"percentile":0.33288,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.bmc.com/docs/PATROLAgent/11302/notification-of-action-required-by-patrol-agent-users-to-apply-the-security-patch-898411558.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-root-privilege-escalation","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/whira_wr","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.bmc.com/docs/PATROLAgent/11302/notification-of-action-required-by-patrol-agent-users-to-apply-the-security-patch-898411558.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/blogresponder/BMC-Patrol-Agent-local-root-privilege-escalation","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/whira_wr","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17044","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}