CVE-2023-3252
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-29 18:55
Modified
2024-10-28 18:46
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-29Vendor Advisory
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