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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 19, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-24908

CVE-2020-24908

Description

Checkmk before 1.6.0p17 allows local users to obtain SYSTEM privileges via a Trojan horse shell script in the %PROGRAMDATA%\checkmk\agent\local directory.

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Affected products

20
  • Checkmk/Checkmk19 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 18 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.6.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p16:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.6.0:p9:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <1.6.0p17
  • Checkmk/Checkmkdescription

Patches

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