Amazon CloudWatch Agent up to 1.247354 on Windows insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Amazon CloudWatch Agent up to 1.247354 on Windows and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-23511. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Amazon CloudWatch Agent up to 1.247354 on Windows (Cloud Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-274. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to perform an operation, leading to resultant weaknesses. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation issue exists within the Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows, software for collecting metrics and logs from Amazon EC2 instances and on-premises servers, in versions up to and including v1.247354. 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 AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. 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. Agent users should upgrade to version 1.247355 of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue. There is no recommended work around. Affected users must update the installed version of the CloudWatch Agent to address this issue.

The weakness was shared 12/12/2022 as GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-23511 since 01/19/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.247355 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Insufficient privileges
CWE: CWE-274 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Amazon CloudWatch Agent 1.247355
Patch: 6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837

Timelineinfo

01/19/2022 🔍
12/12/2022 +327 days 🔍
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01/02/2023 +21 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-23511 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-23511
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215309

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2022 15:57
Updated: 01/02/2023 18:46
Changes: 12/12/2022 15:57 (52), 01/02/2023 18:46 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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