CVE-2023-38041

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un usuario que haya iniciado sesión puede elevar sus permisos abusando de una condición de ejecución de Tiempo de Check a Tiempo de Uso (TOCTOU). Cuando se inicia un flujo de proceso particular, un atacante puede aprovechar esta condición para obtener privilegios elevados no autorizados en el sistema afectado.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-12 CVE Reserved
2023-10-25 CVE Published
2024-02-25 First Exploit
2025-03-07 CVE Updated
2025-04-01 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/ewilded/CVE-2023-38041-POC	2024-02-25

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
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	2023-10-31

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ivanti Search vendor "Ivanti"	Secure Access Client Search vendor "Ivanti" for product "Secure Access Client"	< 22.6 Search vendor "Ivanti" for product "Secure Access Client" and version " < 22.6"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe