CVE-2022-29550
Description
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
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:4.8.0-49:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:4.8.0-49:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: = 4.8.0-49
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References
4- packetstormsecurity.com/files/168367/Qualys-Cloud-Agent-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Sep/10nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blog.qualys.com/product-tech/2022/08/15/qualys-security-updates-cloud-agent-for-linuxnvdVendor Advisory
- blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-researchnvdVendor Advisory
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