Summary
A security update for the Windows Infrastructure agent corrects an issue where a hard-coded file path may allow a malicious user to override the agent configuration.
Release date: June 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: NR18-10
Priority: High
Affected software
The following New Relic agent versions are affected:
Name | Affected version | Notes | Remediated version |
|---|---|---|---|
Windows Infrastructure agent | From 1.0.682 to 1.0.912 | 1.0.934 |
Vulnerability information
The New Relic Windows Infrastructure agent looks in specific locations for configuration files. A Unix-only file path was included in the Windows agent which could allow a malicious user to override the configuration file. With this security update, the Windows Infrastructure agent will no longer look in a Unix-specific location.
Mitigating factors
- This vulnerability only exists on Windows systems.
- This vulnerability requires existing access to the system.
Workarounds
N/A
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