Local privilege escalation via relative path traversal
Published Sep 16, 2025 · Updated Sep 16, 2025
Relative path traversal in BMC Control-M/Agent 9.0.18 through 9.0.20 allows local users to escalate privileges on the Agent host. BMC has not disclosed the affected file-processing locus, the attacker-controlled pathname, or the privileged operation that fails to confine relative paths. Exploitation requires existing access to the system running the Agent and results in higher local privileges; the available advisories do not identify the attained account or privilege level.
Summary
What happened
Relative path traversal in BMC Control-M/Agent 9.0.18 through 9.0.20 allows local users to escalate privileges on the Agent host. BMC has not disclosed the affected file-processing locus, the attacker-controlled pathname, or the privileged operation that fails to confine relative paths. Exploitation requires existing access to the system running the Agent and results in higher local privileges; the available advisories do not identify the attained account or privilege level.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-55115
- Published
- Sep 16, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2025
- Vendor
- BMC Software, Inc.
- Product
- Control-M/Agent
- Classifications
- CWE-23, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=9.0.18
- Affected versionversion=9.0.19
- Affected versionversion=9.0.20
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