Is CVE-2022-29549 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-29549 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-29549?

CVE-2022-29549 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-29549?

CVE-2022-29549 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29549?

Upgrade cloud agent for linux to 2.5.548.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-29549

HIGH

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It executes programs at various full pathnames without first making ownership and permission checks (e.g., to help ensure that a program was installed by root) and without integrity checks (e.g., a checksum comparison against known legitimate programs). Also, the vendor recommendation is to install this agent software with root privileges. Thus, privilege escalation is possible on systems where any of these pathnames is controlled by a non-root user. An example is /opt/firebird/bin/isql, where the /opt/firebird directory is often owned by the firebird user.

CWE-354

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud agent for linuxNVD

Affected:< 2.5.548.2Fixed in:2.5.548.2CVE-2022-29549derived 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 ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

software.firstworks.com

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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.