SYSTEM privilege escalation via unquoted service path
Published Sep 25, 2024 · Updated Sep 26, 2024
Unquoted service path handling in Grafana Agent Flow before 0.43.2 on Windows allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. The Windows installer writes the service executable path without enclosing it in quotes, so service startup resolves C:\Program.exe before the intended binary. A local low-privileged user who can create C:\Program.exe gains SYSTEM execution when the service starts; non-Windows and Static mode deployments are unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted service path handling in Grafana Agent Flow before 0.43.2 on Windows allows local users to execute code as SYSTEM. The Windows installer writes the service executable path without enclosing it in quotes, so service startup resolves C:\Program.exe before the intended binary. A local low-privileged user who can create C:\Program.exe gains SYSTEM execution when the service starts; non-Windows and Static mode deployments are unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-8996
- Published
- Sep 25, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 26, 2024
- Vendor
- Grafana Labs
- Product
- Grafana Agent Flow
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 25, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 26, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <0.43.2
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