PT-2023-21592 · Qualys+1 · Qualys Cloud Agent+1

Published 2023-04-18 · Updated 2023-04-28 · CVE-2023-28143

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Qualys Cloud Agent for macOS versions 2.5.1-75 through 3.7

Description The Qualys Cloud Agent for macOS installer allows a local escalation of privilege, bounded only to the time of installation and only on older macOSX versions (macOS 10.15 and older). Attackers may exploit incorrect file permissions to gain ROOT command execution privileges on the host. This occurs during the installation of the PKG, where a step in the process involves extracting the package and copying files to several directories, allowing attackers to gain writable access to files and enabling a local escalation of privilege.

Recommendations For Qualys Cloud Agent for macOS versions 2.5.1-75 through 3.7, update to version 3.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-28143

Affected Products

Qualys Cloud Agent

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28143 · Security Note
• https://qualys.com/security-advisories · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/62368 · Telegram Post