{"id":"CVE-2023-28142","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-28142","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:40.675Z","title":"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.","description":"\nA Race Condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows\nplatform in versions from 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1. This allows attackers to\nescalate privileges limited on the local machine during uninstallation of the\nQualys Cloud Agent for Windows. Attackers may gain SYSTEM level privileges on\nthat asset to run arbitrary commands.\n\n\n\nAt the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End\nof Life.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","published":"2023-04-18T16:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:46:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"bugreport@qualys.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["qualys/cloud agent"],"epss":{"score":0.00131,"percentile":0.02691,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"bugreport@qualys.com"},{"url":"https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28142","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}