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Werk #11463: Windows Agent: additional protection of the working directories

Component Checks & agents
Title Windows Agent: additional protection of the working directories
Date Sep 30, 2020
Level Prominent Change
Class Security Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.0.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.6.0p20 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

With this fix some directories used by windows Agent are protected from any access of Windows Standard User: Program Files (x86)\checkmk\service ProgramData\checkmk\agent\backup ProgramData\checkmk\agent\config ProgramData\checkmk\agent\install ProgramData\checkmk\agent\update

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