CVE-2023-38041 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00176.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ivanti	Secure Access Client
Microsoft	Windows

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:ivanti:secure_access_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2023-10-25T00:24:34.090Z

Updated: 2025-03-07T18:23:51.147Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T01:00:11.881Z

Link: CVE-2023-38041

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:13.558Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:28.757

Modified: 2025-03-07T19:15:35.757

Link: CVE-2023-38041

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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