CVE-2024-20430 Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A local attacker can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing malicious files in the agent's search path, allowing arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20430?
CVE-2024-20430 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent, published on 12 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20430?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Meraki Systems Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20430?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-20430 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20430 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xwpv-8x3r-cvm2.