Privilege Escalation via Insecure Configuration in BMC Patrol

CVE-2016-9638 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

In BMC Patrol before 9.13.10.02, the binary "listguests64" is configured with the setuid bit. However, when executing it, it will look for a binary named "virsh" using the PATH environment variable. The "listguests64" program will then run "virsh" using root privileges. This allows local users to elevate their privileges to root.

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