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CVE-2023-37244: Privilege escalation in N-Able's AutomationManagerAgent

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

The affected AutomationManager.AgentService.exe application contains a TOCTOU race condition vulnerability that allows standard users to create a pseudo-symlink at C:\ProgramData\N-Able Technologies\AutomationManager\Temp, which could be leveraged by an attacker to manipulate the process into performing arbitrary file deletions. We recommend upgrading to version 2.91.0.0

Affected products

• N-Able AutomationManagerAgent: before 2.91.0.0 — fixed in 2.91.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: N-Able AutomationManagerAgent 2.91.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2023/MNDT-2023-0016.md
• https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2023/MNDT-2023-0016.md

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