CVE-2022-29527

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.

Category

7.0
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Third-Party Advisory suse.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/releases/tag/3.1.1208.0 release notes third party advisory patch
https://github.com/aws/amazon-ssm-agent/commit/0fe8ae99b2ff25649c7b86d3bc05fc037400aca7 third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196556 issue tracking exploit third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-29527?
CVE-2022-29527 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-29527?
To fix CVE-2022-29527, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-29527 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2022-29527 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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