Qualys Cloud Agent for Mac privilege escalation | CVE-2023-28143

NAME
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Qualys Cloud Agent for Mac privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
Qualys Cloud Agent for Mac 2.5.1
Qualys Cloud Agent for Mac 3.6

Risk Level:
6.7

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Qualys Cloud Agent for Mac could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition during the install of the PKG. By sending a specially crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low

User Interaction:
Required

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local


 


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