CVE-2019-17044 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in BMC Patrol Agent 9.0.10i, affecting BMC and Linux kernel environments. An attacker with "patrol" user privileges can exploit weak execution permissions on the PatrolAgent SUID binary to elevate their privileges to root by injecting a specially crafted shared library. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.0.10iCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:patrol_agent:9.0.10i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.