PT-2022-16042 · Amazon · Amazon Cloudwatch Agent For Windows

Highsky333999 · Published 2022-12-12 · Updated 2024-08-21 · CVE-2022-23511

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows versions up to and including v1.247354

Description A privilege escalation issue exists within the Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows. When users trigger a repair of the Agent, a pop-up window opens with SYSTEM permissions. Users with administrative access to affected hosts may use this to create a new command prompt as NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM. To trigger this issue, the third party must be able to access the affected host and elevate their privileges such that they're able to trigger the agent repair process. They must also be able to install the tools required to trigger the issue. This issue does not affect the CloudWatch Agent for macOS or Linux.

Recommendations For Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows versions up to and including v1.247354, upgrade to version 1.247355 to address this issue. There is no recommended workaround, and affected users must update the installed version of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-274

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-23511

GHSA-J8X2-2M5W-J939

GO-2022-1160

Affected Products

Amazon Cloudwatch Agent For Windows

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23511.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939 · Patch
• https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837#diff-76ed074a9305c04054cdebb9e9aad2d818052b07091de1f20cad0bbac34ffb52 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23511 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-1160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent · Note
• https://github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/42820 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54292 · Telegram Post