CVE-2024-6689 Local privilege escalation vulnerability in baramundi Management Agent via MSI Installer
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6689 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-6689 is a high-severity vulnerability in baramundi Management Agent, published on 15 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: baramundi Management Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6689/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6689/index.md)
A local unprivileged user can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via the MSI installer in baramundi Management Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6689?
CVE-2024-6689 is a high-severity vulnerability in baramundi Management Agent, published on 15 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local Privilege Escalation in MSI-Installer in baramundi Management Agent v23.1.172.0 on Windows allows a local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
Weakness: CWE-749
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6689?
How do I fix CVE-2024-6689?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-6689 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6689 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x76f-6q7r-j9qq.