Description
osquery before version 4.4.0 enables a privilege escalation vulnerability. If a Window system is configured with a PATH that contains a user-writable directory then a local user may write a zlib1.dll DLL, which osquery will attempt to load. Since osquery runs with elevated privileges this enables local escalation. This is fixed in version 4.4.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| osquery | osquery | < 4.4.0 | — |
References
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-2xwp-8fv7-c5pm
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/issues/6426
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/pull/6433
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/commit/4d4957f12a6aa0becc9d01d9f97061e1e3d809c5
- https://github.com/osquery/osquery/releases/tag/4.4.0