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CVE-2024-20430: Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 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: 2024-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-427
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.
Affected products
- Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent: from 1.0.98 before 4.2.0 — fixed in 4.2.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Meraki Systems Manager Agent 4.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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