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FKIE_CVE-2023-28869

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-12-09 07:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:48

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

Support Assistant in NCP Secure Enterprise Client before 12.22 allows attackers read the contents of arbitrary files on the operating system by creating a symbolic link.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	https://herolab.usd.de/en/security-advisories/usd-2022-0003/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://herolab.usd.de/en/security-advisories/usd-2022-0003/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ncp-e	secure_enterprise_client	*

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CVE-2023-28869 (GCVE-0-2023-28869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-09 00:00 – Updated: 2024-11-26 17:59

Summary

Support Assistant in NCP Secure Enterprise Client before 12.22 allows attackers read the contents of arbitrary files on the operating system by creating a symbolic link.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2023-12-18 20:30 UTC

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://herolab.usd.de/en/security-advisories/usd…

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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