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CVE-2024-14047

high

A local vulnerability in the Winlogbeat Windows installer caused runtime files to be placed in a directory writable by unprivileged users.

Vendor / product: Elastic — winlogbeat

A local vulnerability in the Winlogbeat Windows installer caused runtime files to be placed in a directory writable by unprivileged users. A low-privileged attacker with existing access to the system could pre-position malicious filesystem links, causing a subsequent elevated Winlogbeat operation to write to or delete arbitrary files. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service.

CVSS
7.1
7.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-01 14:17
Modified: 2026-10-27 18:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 18 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 11:30 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

elastic / winlogbeat ≥7.6.0 <8.13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-8-13-0-security-update-esa-2024-49/390044

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 11:30 UTC · record ↗

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