Check MK Agent < 1.6.0p17 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:checkmk:checkmk";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146389");
  script_version("2025-09-12T15:39:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 15:39:53 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-07-28 09:16:16 +0000 (Wed, 28 Jul 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-25 13:49:00 +0000 (Thu, 25 Feb 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-24908");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Check MK Agent < 1.6.0p17 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Privilege escalation");
  script_dependencies("gb_checkmk_agent_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("checkmk/agent/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check MK Agent is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability
  on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Check MK Agent allows local users to obtain SYSTEM privileges
  via a Trojan horse shell script in the %PROGRAMDATA%\checkmk\agent\local directory.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Check MK Agent version 1.6.0p16 and prior on Windows.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.6.0p17 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://checkmk.com/werk/11460");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2020-05_CSNC-2020-005_Checkmk_Local_Privilege_Escalation.txt");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE, service: "checkmk_agent"))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.6.0p17")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.6.0p17");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);