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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1qOHgyLTJtNXctajkzOc4AAwP0

Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows has Privilege Escalation Vector

Impact

A privilege escalation issue exists within the Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows in versions up to and including v1.247354. When users trigger a repair of the Agent, a pop-up window opens with SYSTEM permissions. Users with administrative access to affected hosts may use this to create a new command prompt as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

To trigger this issue, the third party must be able to access the affected host and elevate their privileges such that they’re able to trigger the agent repair process. They must also be able to install the tools required to trigger the issue.

This issue does not affect the CloudWatch Agent for macOS or Linux.

Patches

Maintainers recommend that Agent users upgrade to the latest available version of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue.

Workarounds

There is no recommended work around. Affected users must update the installed version of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue.

References

https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, contact AWS/Amazon Security via their vulnerability reporting page or directly via email to [email protected]. Please do not create a public GitHub issue.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1qOHgyLTJtNXctajkzOc4AAwP0
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 1 year ago
Updated: about 1 year ago


CVSS Score: 7.1
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Identifiers: GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939, CVE-2022-23511
References: Repository: https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent
Blast Radius: 1.0

Affected Packages

go:github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent
Dependent packages: 1
Dependent repositories: 0
Downloads:
Affected Version Ranges: < 1.247355.0
Fixed in: 1.247355.0
All affected versions: 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 1.247345.1, 1.247345.2, 1.247345.3, 1.247345.4, 1.247345.5, 1.247345.6, 1.247345.7, 1.247345.8, 1.247345.9, 1.247345.10, 1.247345.11, 1.247345.12, 1.247345.13, 1.247345.14, 1.247345.15, 1.247345.16, 1.247345.17, 1.247345.18, 1.247345.19, 1.247345.20, 1.247345.21, 1.247345.22, 1.247345.23, 1.247345.24, 1.247345.25, 1.247345.26, 1.247345.27, 1.247345.28, 1.247345.29, 1.247345.30, 1.247345.31, 1.247345.32, 1.247345.33, 1.247345.34, 1.247345.35, 1.247345.36, 1.247346.0, 1.247346.1, 1.247346.2, 1.247347.0, 1.247347.1, 1.247347.2, 1.247347.3, 1.247347.4, 1.247347.5, 1.247347.6, 1.247348.0, 1.247349.0, 1.247350.0, 1.247351.0, 1.247352.0, 1.247353.0, 1.247354.0
All unaffected versions: 1.247355.0, 1.247356.0, 1.247357.0, 1.247358.0, 1.247359.0, 1.247359.1, 1.247360.0, 1.300001.0, 1.300014.0, 1.300015.0, 1.300016.0, 1.300017.0, 1.300018.0, 1.300020.0, 1.300021.0, 1.300022.0, 1.300023.0, 1.300024.0, 1.300025.0, 1.300026.0, 1.300026.1, 1.300026.2, 1.300026.3, 1.300027.0, 1.300027.1, 1.300028.0, 1.300028.1, 1.300028.2, 1.300028.3, 1.300028.4, 1.300029.0, 1.300030.0, 1.300030.1, 1.300030.2, 1.300031.0, 1.300031.1, 1.300032.0, 1.300032.1, 1.300032.2, 1.300032.3, 1.300033.0, 1.300034.0, 1.300034.1, 1.300035.0, 1.300036.0, 1.300037.0, 1.300037.1, 1.300039.0, 1.3000030.2