What is CVE-2023-28349?

CVE-2023-28349 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faronics Insight, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-28349?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Faronics Insight

CVE-2023-28349

An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. It is possible for an attacker to create a crafted program that functions similarly to the Teacher Console. This can compel Student Consoles to connect and put themselves at risk automatically. Connected Student Consoles can be compelled to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on disk with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM level permissions, enabling remote code execution.

EPSS: 0.012 (65.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Faronics Insight — versions 10.0.19045
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28349?: CVE-2023-28349 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faronics Insight, classified under Origin Validation Error. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-28349?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.