CVE-2022-29550
NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-532
- Affected
- qualys/cloud agent
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linuxVendor Advisory
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-researchVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linuxVendor Advisory
- https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-researchVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.