Agent file tampering via broad directory permissions
Published Nov 29, 2022 · Updated Apr 25, 2025
Insecure directory permissions in Chocolatey Azure-Pipelines-Agent 2.211.1 and earlier allow attackers to alter agent files. The package assigns write access on C:\agent and every file below it to the Windows Authenticated Users group instead of restricting modification to privileged accounts. Any account in that group can tamper with the agent tree; public records do not establish code execution or privilege escalation as a consequence.
Summary
What happened
Insecure directory permissions in Chocolatey Azure-Pipelines-Agent 2.211.1 and earlier allow attackers to alter agent files. The package assigns write access on C:\agent and every file below it to the Windows Authenticated Users group instead of restricting modification to privileged accounts. Any account in that group can tamper with the agent tree; public records do not establish code execution or privilege escalation as a consequence.
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- CVE
- CVE-2022-45306
- Published
- Nov 29, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 25, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-732
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Nov 29, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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