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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-46810
CVE-2023-46810:
Ivanti Secure Access Client vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A local privilege escalation vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-46810 affects the Ivanti Secure Access Client for Linux versions before 22.7R1. This security flaw enables a low-privileged user to execute code with elevated system privileges (Ivanti Advisory, Debian Tracker).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.3 with the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This scoring indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction to exploit, while potentially resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Ivanti Advisory).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to execute code with SYSTEM-level privileges on the affected Linux system, potentially leading to complete system compromise (Hacker News).
Mitigation and workarounds
Ivanti has released version 22.7R1 of the Secure Access Client for Linux to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (Ivanti Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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