CVE-2022-23511

Local administrator-to-SYSTEM escalation via repair popup

Published Dec 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025

Improper privilege handling in Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows before 1.247355 allows local users to gain SYSTEM via repair. The Windows repair process opens a pop-up with SYSTEM permissions, enabling an administrative user who can access the host and install required tools to launch a command prompt as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The issue requires local administrative access and does not affect macOS or Linux; impact is host privilege escalation.

CVSS severity6.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.48%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege handling in Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows before 1.247355 allows local users to gain SYSTEM via repair. The Windows repair process opens a pop-up with SYSTEM permissions, enabling an administrative user who can access the host and install required tools to launch a command prompt as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The issue requires local administrative access and does not affect macOS or Linux; impact is host privilege escalation.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-23511
Published
Dec 12, 2022
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Product
Amazon CloudWatch Agent
Classifications
CWE-274, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 1.247355

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Amazon Web Services · Amazon CloudWatch Agentversion=< 1.247355

Published CVSS scores

7.1GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
6.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-274Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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