CVE-2023-38042 (GCVE-0-2023-38042)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-31 17:38 – Updated: 2024-08-02 17:30
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client for Windows allows a low privileged user to execute code as SYSTEM.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-25 18:16 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanti | Secure Access Client |
Affected:
22.7R1 , < 22.7R1
(semver)
|
guessed | |
| ivanti | secure_access_client |
Affected:
0 , < 22.7r1
(semver)
cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:secure_access_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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