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CVE-2023-36853

Keysight Geolocation Server Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Published: Jul 19, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-749
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

​In Keysight Geolocation Server v2.4.2 and prior, a low privileged attacker could create a local ZIP file containing a malicious script in any location. The attacker could abuse this to load a DLL with SYSTEM privileges.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-749CWE-427

Affected Products

Keysight Technologies
commercial·USaka keysight, agilent
geolocation serverMixed
Hardware Firmware / network-adapter
N6845A Geolocation ServerOn-prem
Hardware Firmware / network-adapter
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
commercial
Keysight N6854AMixed
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Persistence
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References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-199-02
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2023/icsa-23-199-02.json
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https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
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