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CVE-2023-5671:
HP Print and Scan Doctor vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
HP Print and Scan Doctor for Windows contains a vulnerability (CVE-2023-5671) that could potentially lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 25, 2023, affecting HP Print and Scan Doctor version 5.7.2.014 for Windows operating systems (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction to exploit, potentially resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to escalate privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining elevated access to system resources and sensitive information (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
HP is addressing this vulnerability by releasing software updates to mitigate the potential security risk. Users are advised to apply the latest updates when they become available (HP Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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