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CVE-2024-8996
September 25, 2024
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
Related Resources (11)
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/
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-3170
https://github.com/grafana/agent/commit/91bab2c05906938d3f8e1e3c61a863f037985299
https://github.com/grafana/agent
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://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.3
https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2024-8996
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5gv-m5f9-wgv4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8996
https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases/tag/v0.43.2
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
UNREPORTED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Unquoted Search Path or Element
CWE-428
EPSS
Base Score:
0.08