High severity · published May 2, 2022
CVE-2022-29849
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
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Openedge · Progress
11.7 before 11.7.14; 12.0.0 before 12.2.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29849
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29849
Patch
https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-11-7-14-is-Now-Available
Patch
https://community.progress.com/s/article/OpenEdge-12-2-9-Update-is-available
Mitigation
https://community.progress.com/s/article/Remediation-of-Privilege-Escalation-Security-Vulnerability-CVE-2022-29849
Product
https://www.progress.com/openedge
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