Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28872

HighPublic PoC

Published: 25 December 2023

Published
25 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.2th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28872 is a high-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability in Ncp-E Secure Enterprise Client. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 35.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Support Assistant in NCP Secure Enterprise Client before 13.10 allows attackers to execute DLL files with SYSTEM privileges by creating a symbolic link from a %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\NcpSupport* location.

CWE(s)
CWE-59

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ncp-e
secure enterprise client
≤ 13.10

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References