Advisory ID: | Q-PVD-2023-00 |
CVE ID: | CVE-2023-28140 |
Published: | 2023-04-18 |
CWE: | CWE-427 |
NVD Risk Rating | Qualys Risk Rating | |
CVSSv3.1 Score | TBD | 6.7 / Medium |
CVSSv3.1 Vector (Base) | TBD | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
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) 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.
At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.
Customers are advised to upgrade to v4.5.3.1 OR of Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows. If possible, customers should enable automatic updates.
Qualys has assessed the exploit and believes the risk to be low for the following reasons:
Lockheed Martin Red Team