VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-29527
CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-04-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory