CVE-2024-20430CWE-427

Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High · published September 12, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (SM) Agent for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. 

This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of directory search paths at runtime. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing both malicious configuration files and malicious DLL files on an affected system, which would read and execute the files when Cisco Meraki SM launches on startup. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with SYSTEM privileges. 

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00200 · 9.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2024-09-12T19:37Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 19:37Z
    Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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