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Fencer Vulns
high 7.3

CVE-2024-54131 json

Kolide Agent Privilege Escalation (Windows, Versions >= 1.5.3, < 1.12.3)

published 2024-12-03 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-66q9-2rvx-qfj5 , GO-2024-3308 , EUVD-2024-3434

cvss
7.3
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Kolide Agent (aka: Launcher) is the lightweight agent designed to work with Kolide's service. An implementation bug in the Kolide Agent (known as `launcher`) allows for local privilege escalation to the SYSTEM user on Windows 10 and 11. The bug was introduced in version 1.5.3 when launcher started storing upgraded binaries in the ProgramData directory. This move to the new directory meant the launcher root directory inherited default permissions that are not as strict as the previous location. These incorrect default permissions in conjunction with an omitted SystemDrive environmental variable (when launcher starts osqueryd), allows a malicious actor with access to the local Windows device to successfully place an arbitrary DLL into the osqueryd process's search path. Under some circumstances, this DLL will be executed when osqueryd performs a WMI query. This combination of events could then allow the attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM. Impacted versions include versions >= 1.5.3 and the fix has been released in 1.12.3.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/kolide/launcher 1.12.3
  • kolide launcher 1.12.3
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20241209T183251-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14567-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/kolide/launcher
>=1.5.3, <1.12.3
1.12.3

Affected products

  • kolide launcher

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
  • CWE-456 Missing Initialization of a Variable

References

Sources

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