CVE-2024-0670 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability within the Windows agent plugin of Checkmk versions prior to 2.2.0p23, 2.1.0p40, and the end-of-life 2.0.0. This flaw, categorized as CWE-427, allows a local authenticated user to elevate their privileges on affected Microsoft Windows systems. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.1.0, < 2.1.0p40CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.0p23CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.0p39CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:2.1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.