CVE-2022-29550

An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:4.8.0-49:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:46

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Summary ** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness. An issue was discovered in Qualys Cloud Agent 4.8.0-49. It writes "ps auxwwe" output to the /var/log/qualys/qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log file. This may, for example, unexpectedly write credentials (from environment variables) to disk in cleartext. NOTE: there are no common circumstances in which qualys-cloud-agent-scan.log can be read by a user other than root; however, the file contents could be exposed through site-specific operational practices. The vendor does NOT characterize this as a vulnerability because the ps data collection is intentional, and would only capture credentials on a machine that was already affected by the CWE-214 weakness

15 Sep 2022, 16:48

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
References (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 - (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html - (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html - Third Party Advisory

13 Sep 2022, 18:15

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References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html -

12 Sep 2022, 21:15

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References
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10 -

23 Aug 2022, 15:20

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CWE CWE-532
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:4.8.0-49:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
References (MISC) https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux - (MISC) https://blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linux - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research - (MISC) https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research - Vendor Advisory
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Qualys

18 Aug 2022, 13:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-08-18 13:15

Updated : 2024-04-11 01:15


NVD link : CVE-2022-29550

Mitre link : CVE-2022-29550

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-29550


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Products Affected

qualys

  • cloud_agent
CWE
CWE-532

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