CVE-2024-8996

Oct. 1, 2024, 7:16 p.m.

7.8
High

Description

Unquoted Search Path or Element vulnerability in Grafana Agent (Flow mode) on Windows allows Privilege Escalation from Local User to SYSTEM This issue affects Agent Flow: before 0.43.2

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Grafana
  • Agent
  • *
Microsoft
  • Windows
  • -

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-428
Unquoted Search Path or Element
The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a grafana agent / / / / / / / /
o microsoft windows - / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
https://grafana.com/blog/2024/09/25/grafana-alloy-and-grafana-agent-flow-security-release-high-severity-fix-for-cve-2024-8975-and-cve-2024-8996/
https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996/

Tags

CWE-428
security@grafana.com
2024-09-25
CVE-2024-8996

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Sept. 25, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 1, 2024, 7:16 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has had analysis completed and all data associations made.

More info

Source

security@grafana.com

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