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CVE-2025-55116

BMC Control-M/Agent buffer overflow local privilege escalation

Published: Sep 16, 2025Updated: Oct 10, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-121
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 95.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A buffer overflow in the Control-M/Agent can lead to a local privilege escalation when an attacker has access to the system running the Agent. This vulnerability impacts the out-of-support Control-M/Agent versions 9.0.18 to 9.0.20 and potentially earlier unsupported versions.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-121

Affected Products

control-m\/agentbmc
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Control-M/AgentBMC
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
bmccommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka control-m, track-it!, patrol agent

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000441969
bmcapps.my.site.com
https://bmcapps.my.site.com/casemgmt/sc_KnowledgeArticle?sfdcid=000442099
bmcapps.my.site.com

Timeline

Published
Sep 16, 2025
Last Updated
Oct 10, 2025

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