CVE-2022-29527 describes a race condition vulnerability in Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent versions prior to 3.1.1208.0, allowing local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1.1208.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:amazon_ssm_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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