Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2024 · Assigned by Google

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

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity race condition in AutomationManagerAgent from N-Able. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
N-Able AutomationManagerAgent 0 – through 2.80.0.1

Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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