Privilege escalation in Progress OpenEdge

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU62787

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29849

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in certain SUID binaries within the OpenEdge application, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

OpenEdge: before 12.2.9

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.