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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.4 Medium

CVE-2024-45770

Pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

pcp

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.3.7-22.el8_10 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.0.2-9.el8_2 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.3.7-19.el8_8 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:6.2.0-5.el9_4 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:6.2.2-7.el9_5 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Default version status: affected

  • 0:5.3.5-10.el9_0 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Default version status: affected

  • 0:6.0.1-8.el9_2 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unknown

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: unknown

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