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Improper Privilege Management Affecting github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/cmd/config-translator package, versions <1.247355.0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMAWSAMAZONCLOUDWATCHAGENTCMDCONFIGTRANSLATOR-7814204
  • published 23 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 21 Aug 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 21 Aug 2024

CVE-2022-23511 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/cmd/config-translator to version 1.247355.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management via the configuration loading mechanism. An attacker can escalate privileges by manipulating the configuration files to execute arbitrary code.

Notes:

  1. This issue only affects CloudWatch Agent for Windows, it does not affect macOS or Linux users.

  2. To trigger this issue, the third party must be able to access the affected host. They must also be able to install the tools required to trigger the issue.

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Snyk

Recommended
4.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Active
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    Low
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    High
  • Integrity (SI)
    Low
  • Availability (SA)
    Low