PT-2024-5916 · Cisco · Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (Sm) Agent For Windows

Jony_Juice · Published 2024-09-04 · Updated 2024-09-18 · CVE-2024-20430

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (SM) Agent for Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (SM) Agent for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This issue is due to incorrect handling of directory search paths at runtime. An attacker could exploit this by placing malicious configuration files and malicious DLL files on an affected system, which would be read and executed when Cisco Meraki SM launches on startup, potentially allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with SYSTEM privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-06722

CVE-2024-20430

Affected Products

Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (Sm) Agent For Windows

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20430 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-06722 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-meraki-agent-dll-hj-Ptn7PtKe · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cisco.com/c/ja_jp/support/docs/csa/2024/cisco-sa-meraki-agent-dll-hj-Ptn7PtKe.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvedetector/5525 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/iSecurity/status/1831614529404584091 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1834318929688412387 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/vuldb/status/1834324110421397619 · Twitter Post
• https://tenable.com/cve/CVE-2024-20430 · Note
• https://cybersecuritynews.com/cisco-systems-manager-vulnerability · Note