Werk #14871: Windows agent's ProgramData directory is accessible only with admins permissions

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Windows agent's ProgramData directory is accessible only with admins permissions

Date

Oct 6, 2022

Level

Prominent Change

Class

Security Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.2.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.1.0p15	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Previous to this Werk every authenticated Windows user could read some sensitive data from the Windows agent working directory. To prevent issues with leaking sensitive data we restrict the permission to read data of the Windows agent.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N (https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

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