PT-2023-9079 · Ivanti · Ivanti Secure Access Client

Published 2023-10-23 · Updated 2025-03-07 · CVE-2023-38041

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ivanti Secure Access Client (ISAC) versions (affected versions not specified)

Description A logged in user may elevate its permissions by abusing a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition. When a particular process flow is initiated, an attacker can exploit this condition to gain unauthorized elevated privileges on the affected system. The issue is related to synchronization errors when using a shared resource, also known as a "race condition".

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-03459

CVE-2023-38041

Affected Products

Ivanti Secure Access Client

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38041 · Security Note
• https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/CVE-2023-38041-New-client-side-release-to-address-a-privilege-escalation-on-Windows-user-machines?language=en_US · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-03459 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1716998208831066184 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Eviden_Security/status/1716437144632184953 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113905 · Telegram Post