Vulnerability in Qualys Cloud Agent
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (11.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 11.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Qualys Cloud Agent — versions 3.1.3.34
- Qualys Cloud Agent
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-28140?
- CVE-2023-28140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualys Cloud Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-04-18.
- How severe is CVE-2023-28140?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.