CVE-2023-28140

An Executable Hijacking condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions before 4.5.3.1. Attackers may load a malicious copy of a Dependency Link Library (DLL) via a local attack vector instead of the DLL that the application was expecting, when processes are running with escalated privileges. This vulnerability is bounded only to the time of uninstallation and can only be exploited locally. At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

History

28 Apr 2023, 13:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent::::::windows::*
References	~~(MISC) https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ -~~	(MISC) https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.0
CWE		CWE-427
First Time		Qualys cloud Agent Qualys

18 Apr 2023, 17:36

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-04-18 16:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:01

NVD link : CVE-2023-28140

Mitre link : CVE-2023-28140

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-28140

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Products Affected

qualys

cloud_agent

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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