{"cve":"CVE-2024-54131","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-03T21:15:08.127","modified":"2026-06-17T08:09:49.730","status":"Deferred","description":"The Kolide Agent (aka: Launcher) is the lightweight agent designed to work with Kolide's service. An implementation bug in the Kolide Agent (known as `launcher`) allows for local privilege escalation to the SYSTEM user on Windows 10 and 11. The bug was introduced in version 1.5.3 when launcher started storing upgraded binaries in the ProgramData directory. This move to the new directory meant the launcher root directory inherited default permissions that are not as strict as the previous location. These incorrect default permissions in conjunction with an omitted SystemDrive environmental variable (when launcher starts osqueryd), allows a malicious actor with access to the local Windows device to successfully place an arbitrary DLL into the osqueryd process's search path. Under some circumstances, this DLL will be executed when osqueryd performs a WMI query. This combination of events could then allow the attacker to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM. Impacted versions include versions >= 1.5.3 and the fix has been released in 1.12.3.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":7.3},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-276","CWE-456"],"references":["https://github.com/kolide/launcher/pull/1510","https://github.com/kolide/launcher/security/advisories/GHSA-66q9-2rvx-qfj5"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:36.180738747+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-54131","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.11117,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-66q9-2rvx-qfj5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-66q9-2rvx-qfj5","summary":"Kolide Agent Privilege Escalation (Windows, Versions >= 1.5.3, < 1.12.3)","modified":"2024-12-04T16:59:19.612601Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kolide/launcher","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/kolide/launcher","ranges":[">=1.5.3 <1.12.3"],"fixed":["1.12.3"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3308","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3308","summary":"Kolide Agent Privilege Escalation (Windows, Versions >= 1.5.3, < 1.12.3) in github.com/kolide/launcher","modified":"2026-03-03T04:57:07.804510Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kolide/launcher","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/kolide/launcher","ranges":[">=1.5.3 <1.12.3"],"fixed":["1.12.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}