CVE-2023-28143

Medium

Description

Qualys Cloud Agent for macOS (versions 2.5.1-75 before 3.7) installer allows a local escalation of privilege bounded only to the time of installation and only on older macOSX (macOS 10.15 and older) versions. Attackers may exploit incorrect file permissions to give them ROOT command execution privileges on the host. During the install of the PKG, a step in the process involves extracting the package and copying files to several directories. Attackers may gain writable access to files during the install of PKG when extraction of the package and copying files to several directories, enabling a local escalation of privilege.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability7. percentile0.2%
ProductQualys Cloud Agent
PublishedApr 18, 2023
First seenApr 18, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-426CWE-426

How to fix

Update
  • qualys cloud_agent3.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
qualys cloud_agent2.5.1-75 ≤ v < 3.73.7

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