CVE-2022-29849 Information

Description

In Progress OpenEdge before 11.7.14 and 12.x before 12.2.9 certain SUID binaries within the OpenEdge application were susceptible to privilege escalation. If exploited a local attacker could elevate their privileges and compromise the affected system.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://www.progress.com/openedge https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available https://community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2022-29849

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8