CVE-2022-23511

2022-12-1213:15:12

CWE-274

GitHub_M

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2022-23511

amazon cloudwatch

privilege escalation

windows

v1.247354

security update

CVSS3

7.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

40.4%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

amazoncloudwatch_agentRange<1.247355

AND

microsoftwindowsMatch-

VendorProductVersionCPE
amazoncloudwatch_agent*cpe:2.3:a:amazon:cloudwatch_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftwindows-cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
amazon	cloudwatch_agent	*	cpe:2.3:a:amazon:cloudwatch_agent::::::::
microsoft	windows	-	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "aws",
    "product": "amazon-cloudwatch-agent",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 1.247355",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/commit/6119858864c317ff26f41f576c169148d1250837#diff-76ed074a9305c04054cdebb9e9aad2d818052b07091de1f20cad0bbac34ffb52

github.com/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/security/advisories/GHSA-j8x2-2m5w-j939