CVE-2024-47091 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-47091

Privilege escalation via mk_mysql agent plugin on Windows

Vulnerability Description

Privilege escalation in the mk_mysql agent plugin on Windows in Checkmk <2.4.0p29, <2.3.0p47, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows a local unprivileged user able to create a Windows service whose name matches 'MySQL' or 'MariaDB' (or with write access to a binary referenced by such a service) to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Checkmk agent service, which typically runs as SYSTEM.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Checkmk GmbH

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Affected Software

Checkmk
Vulnerable Versions:
2.4.0, 2.3.0, 2.2.0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 13th, 2026
Last Modified: May 13th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Persistence
T1574.001 DLL Search Order Hijacking
Privilege Escalation
T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
Persistence
T1036 Masquerading
Defense Evasion
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution