Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2023 · Assigned by ibm

CVE-2023-38736IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent privilege escalation

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in QRadar WinCollect Agent from IBM. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.6, when installed to run as ADMIN or SYSTEM, is vulnerable to a local escalation of privilege attack that a normal user could utilize to gain SYSTEM permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 262542.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 – through 10.1.6

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