VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-29527
Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root.
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362, CWE-732
- Affected
- amazon/amazon ssm agent
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196556Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/commit/0fe8ae99b2ff25649c7b86d3bc05fc037400aca7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/releases/tag/3.1.1208.0Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196556Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/commit/0fe8ae99b2ff25649c7b86d3bc05fc037400aca7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/releases/tag/3.1.1208.0Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.