CVE-2023-28140
MEDIUMQualys Cloud Agent < 4.5.3.1 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element via DLL Hijacking
Title source: llmDescription
An Executable Hijacking condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions before 4.5.3.1. Attackers may load a malicious copy of a Dependency Link Library (DLL) via a local attack vector instead of the DLL that the application was expecting, when processes are running with escalated privileges. This vulnerability is bounded only to the time of uninstallation and can only be exploited locally. At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0022
EPSS Percentile
12.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (1)
qualys/cloud_agent
3.1.3.34 - 4.5.3.1
Published
Apr 18, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026