CVE-2023-28140

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-28140
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-18 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-28 13:52:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qualys Cloud Agent All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisories | Qualys MISC www.qualys.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378359 Qualys Cloud Agent For Windows prior to 4.5.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Q-PVD-2023-01 and Q-PVD-2023-03)
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