VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-28140

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An Executable Hijacking condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions before 4.5.3.1. Attackers may load a malicious copy of a Dependency Link Library (DLL) via a local attack vector instead of the DLL that the application was expecting, when processes are running with escalated privileges. This vulnerability is bounded only to the time of uninstallation and can only be exploited locally. At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.

Weakness classification

  • bugreport@qualys.com: CWE-427
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-427

Primary references