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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-28142

A Race Condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions from 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.13%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A Race Condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions from 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1. This allows attackers to escalate privileges limited on the local machine during uninstallation of the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows. Attackers may gain SYSTEM level privileges on that asset to run arbitrary commands. At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.

CVSS 3.1
7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.13% probability · 3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
qualys/cloud agent
Source
bugreport@qualys.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.