CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-14047

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

A local vulnerability in the Winlogbeat Windows installer caused runtime files to be placed in a directory writable by unprivileged users. A low-privileged attacker could pre-position malicious filesystem links, causing a subsequent elevated Winlogbeat operation to write to or delete arbitrary files, leading to denial of service.

Risk Assessment

Potential for privilege escalation and file manipulation, which could disrupt monitoring services and cause system unavailability.

Recommendation

Install the latest Winlogbeat version and ensure installation directories have proper permissions (not writable by standard users).

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A local vulnerability in the Winlogbeat Windows installer caused runtime files to be placed in a directory writable by unprivileged users. A low-privileged attacker with existing access to the system could pre-position malicious filesystem links, causing a subsequent elevated Winlogbeat operation to write to or delete arbitrary files. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS