Is CVE-2022-29527 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-29527 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-29527?

CVE-2022-29527 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-29527?

CVE-2022-29527 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (21th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29527?

Upgrade amazon ssm agent to 3.1.1208.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-29527

HIGH

7.0

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-362Race Condition CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

amazon ssm agentNVD

Affected:< 3.1.1208.0Fixed in:3.1.1208.0CVE-2022-29527derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

21stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 21% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

bugzilla.suse.com

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CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
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CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.