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CVE-2024-8996

Grafana Agent Flow on Windows Unquoted service path

Published: Sep 25, 2024Updated: Oct 1, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-428
NVD MITRE
7.3CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 82.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM This issue affects Agent Flow: before 0.43.2

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-428

Affected Products

Agent FlowGrafana
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Grafana AgentGrafana Labs
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
github.com/grafana/agentGoOSS Libraries
agentgrafana
Mixed
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
grafanaoss-projectUSEnterprise Software
grafana labscommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka grafana labs
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/
grafana.com
https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and-cve-2024-8996/
grafana.com
https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 25, 2024
Last Updated
Oct 1, 2024

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