CVE-2017-5198

HIGH 8.8CVE-2017-5198 · Published 24/03/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-5198 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting log and event manager (solarwinds).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.88%, higher than 59.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 6.3.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
log and event manager solarwinds	`< 6.3.1`	`6.3.1`

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.

References

blog.0xlabs.com/2017/03/solarwinds-lem-ssh-jailbreak-and.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/97094 · Third Party Advisory

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