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CVE-2023-31210 (GCVE-0-2023-31210)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-13 08:26 – Updated: 2024-12-02 14:29
VLAI
Title
Privilege escalation in agent via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Summary
Usage of user controlled LD_LIBRARY_PATH in agent in Checkmk 2.2.0p10 up to 2.2.0p16 allows malicious Checkmk site user to escalate rights via injection of malicious libraries
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2023-12-18 21:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Checkmk GmbH Checkmk Affected: 2.2.0p10 , < 2.2.0p17 (semver)
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