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Pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user (pcp)

CVE-2024-45770
MEDIUM 4.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.29 % · percentile 21 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
redhat
NVD status
Deferred

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Description

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nredhat
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
pcp
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8unaffected 0:5.3.7-22.el8_10 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Supportunaffected 0:5.0.2-9.el8_2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Supportunaffected 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Serviceunaffected 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:5.3.7-19.el8_8 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:6.2.0-5.el9_4 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9unaffected 0:6.2.2-7.el9_5 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutionsunaffected 0:5.3.5-10.el9_0 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Supportunaffected 0:6.0.1-8.el9_2 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD