Riskcovery

CVE-2024-45770

Pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user

State
Published
Severity
4.4 Medium
Published
Sep 19, 2024
Updated
Nov 20, 2025
Reserved
Sep 6, 2024

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Description

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
pcp
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
    • 0:5.3.7-22.el8_10 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportRed Hat
    • 0:5.0.2-9.el8_2 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat
    • 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat
    • 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
    • 0:5.2.5-8.el8_4 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportRed Hat
    • 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceRed Hat
    • 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
    • 0:5.3.5-10.el8_6 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
    • 0:5.3.7-19.el8_8 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
    • 0:6.2.0-5.el9_4 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
    • 0:6.2.2-7.el9_5 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRed Hat
    • 0:5.3.5-10.el9_0 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportRed Hat
    • 0:6.0.1-8.el9_2 and laterNot affected
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat

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