What is CVE-2023-28353?

CVE-2023-28353 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faronics Insight, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-28353?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Faronics Insight

CVE-2023-28353

An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. An unauthenticated attacker is able to upload any type of file to any location on the Teacher Console's computer, enabling a variety of different exploitation paths including code execution. It is also possible for the attacker to chain this vulnerability with others to cause a deployed DLL file to immediately execute as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.014 (68.9th 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-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28353?: CVE-2023-28353 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faronics Insight, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-28353?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.