CVE-2017-5198 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SolarWinds LEM (aka SIEM) before 6.3.1 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows local users to obtain root access by editing /usr/local/contego/scripts/hostname.sh.

Published: 2017-03-24

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:log_and_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14305	SolarWinds LEM (aka SIEM) before 6.3.1 has an incorrect sudo configuration, which allows local users to obtain root access by editing /usr/local/contego/scripts/hostname.sh.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.0xlabs.com/2017/03/solarwinds-lem-ssh-jailbreak-and.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97094

History

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Subscriptions

Solarwinds Log And Event Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-24T06:56:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.657Z

Reserved: 2017-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5198

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-24T07:59:00.173

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5198

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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