VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-38041

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-10-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A logged in user may elevate its permissions by abusing a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition. When a particular process flow is initiated, an attacker can exploit this condition to gain unauthorized elevated privileges on the affected system.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-367
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-367

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