CVE-2023-37244 (GCVE-0-2023-37244)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-02 13:21 – Updated: 2024-08-02 17:09
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Summary
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
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
N-Able AutomationManagerAgent Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.80.0.1 (semver)
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