Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2023 · Assigned by Qualys

CVE-2023-28142Race Condition

Medium 6.7

In plain English

A medium-severity race condition in Cloud Agent from Qualys. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A Race Condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions from 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1. This allows attackers to escalate privileges limited on the local machine during uninstallation of the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows. Attackers may gain SYSTEM level privileges on that asset to run arbitrary commands. At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Qualys	Cloud Agent	3.1.3.34 – before 4.5.3.1

Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ vendor-advisory