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CVE-2024-6689: 
baramundi Management Agent vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-6689) was discovered in the MSI-Installer component of baramundi Management Agent version 23.1.172.0 on Windows systems. This vulnerability allows a local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level access (NVD, Baramundi Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-749 (Exposed Dangerous Method or Function) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an unprivileged local user to elevate their privileges to SYSTEM level, potentially gaining complete control over the affected Windows system (Baramundi Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Baramundi has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fix is available through the automatic update mechanism for the baramundi Management Agent (bMA). Organizations should deploy the current bMA to all clients and ensure the setup file is stored on the baramundi Management Server and primary DIP (Baramundi Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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