CVE-2023-28140

MEDIUM

Qualys Cloud Agent < 4.5.3.1 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 39.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-427
Status published

Affected Products (1)

qualys/cloud_agent < 4.5.3.1

Timeline

Published Apr 18, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026