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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2025-43079
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-Qualys
Assigner Org ID-8a309ac4-d8c7-4735-9c1d-ca39c5dfbcda
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-10 Nov, 2025 | 17:10
Updated At-18 Nov, 2025 | 11:41
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
Local Privilege Escalation via qagent_uninstall.sh Qualys Cloud Agents

The Qualys Cloud Agent included a bundled uninstall script (qagent_uninstall.sh), specific to Mac and Linux supported versions that invoked multiple system commands without using absolute paths and without sanitizing the $PATH environment. If the uninstall script is executed with elevated privileges (e.g., via sudo) in an environment where $PATH has been manipulated, an attacker with root/sudo privileges could cause malicious executables to be run in place of the intended system binaries. This behavior can be leveraged for local privilege escalation and arbitrary command execution under elevated privileges.

Affected Products
Vendor
Qualys Inc
Product
Qualys Agent
Platforms
  • Linux
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 5.0 before 7.2.3 (custom)
Vendor
Qualys Inc
Product
Qualys Agent
Platforms
  • BSD
Default Status
affected
Versions
Affected
  • From 3.12 before 7.1.0 (custom)
Vendor
Qualys Inc
Product
Qualys Agent
Platforms
  • IMB AIX
Default Status
affected
Versions
Affected
  • From 4.17 before 6.0.0 (custom)
Vendor
Qualys Inc
Product
Qualys Agent
Platforms
  • MacOS
  • x86
  • 64 bit
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0 before 6.2.1 (custom)
Vendor
Qualys Inc
Product
Qualys Agent
Platforms
  • MacOS (M Series Silicon CPU)
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From 0 before 6.3.1 (custom)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-426CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-426
Description: CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.16.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Metrics Other Info
Impacts
CAPEC IDDescription
CAPEC-233CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation
CAPEC ID: CAPEC-233
Description: CAPEC-233 Privilege Escalation
Solutions

Customers are advised to update to non-affected versions of Qualys product.

Configurations

* Local access to the system (the attacker must be local). * Ability to run sudo or root (the uninstall script requires sudo at minimum for execution or must be run as root). * Ability to modify $PATH (temporarily in the shell session used to launch the uninstall script, or persistently via writable shell configuration files such as ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc). * Execution of qagent_uninstall.sh within the compromised environment where $PATH points to attacker-controlled locations. Because exploitation requires the ability to run sudo (or be root), the vulnerability is not remotely exploitable by default — it relies on local privilege and environment manipulation, but the consequences are elevated (execution under high privilege).

Workarounds

Customers are advised to check workaround solutions listed on  https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-43079

Exploits
Credits
finder
Brent Zaltsman (AfricanHipp0)
Timeline
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References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-43079
N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-43079
Resource: N/A
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