CVE-2024-20430 HIGH

CVE-2024-20430: Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent
Weakness CWE-427
Published September 12, 2024
Last update September 12, 2024

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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. 

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 12, 2024 CVE published
September 12, 2024 Record updated