Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in Cisco Meraki Systems Manager 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, allowing a low-privileged attacker to exploit it by placing malicious configuration files and DLL files on an affected system."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type DLL
Target Asset malicious DLL files
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: malicious DLL files (DLL)
$Targets = 'malicious DLL files'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
System Management services affected
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2024-20430: Cisco Meraki SM Agent for Windows vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges
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