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Check MK Agent < 1.6.0p17 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Privilege escalation
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Check MK Agent is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability on Windows.
Insight
Insight
Check MK Agent allows local users to obtain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse shell script in the %PROGRAMDATA%\checkmk\agent\local directory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Check MK Agent version 1.6.0p16 and prior on Windows.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.6.0p17 or later.