CVE-2022-23511 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Amazon CloudWatch Agent for Windows, affecting versions up to and including v1.247354. An authenticated attacker with administrative access to an affected host can trigger an agent repair, opening a pop-up window with SYSTEM privileges, which can then be leveraged to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM command prompt access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges and user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.247355CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amazon:cloudwatch_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
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