Amq: privilege escalation via excessive /etc/passwd permissions
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
A container privilege escalation flaw was found in certain AMQ Broker images. This issue stems from the /etc/passwd file being created with group-writable permissions during build time. In certain conditions, an attacker who can execute commands within an affected container, even as a non-root user, can leverage their membership in the root group to modify the /etc/passwd file. This could allow the attacker to add a new user with any arbitrary UID, including UID 0, leading to full root privileges within the container.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- activemq-artemis
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- amq7/amq-broker-init-rhel9
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- amq7/amq-broker-rhel9
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- amq7/amq-broker-rhel9-operator
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- amq7/amq-broker-rhel9-operator-bundle
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- amq7-tech-preview/amq-broker-console-plugin-rhel9
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- amq7-tech-preview/amq-broker-jolokia-api-server-rhel9
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- amq-broker-init-rhel8
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- amq-broker-init-rhel9
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- amq-broker-rhel8
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- amq-broker-rhel9
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