CVE-2023-43976

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue in CatoNetworks CatoClient before v.5.4.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges and winning the race condition (TOCTOU) via the PrivilegedHelperTool component.

Un problema en CatoNetworks CatoClient anterior a v.5.4.0 permite a los atacantes escalar privilegios y ganar la condición de ejecución (TOCTOU) a través del componente PrivilegedHelperTool.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 8.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-25 CVE Reserved
2023-10-03 CVE Published
2024-09-20 CVE Updated
2024-09-20 First Exploit
2024-10-09 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
https://www.catonetworks.com	Product

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.ns-echo.com/posts/cve_2023_43976.html	2024-09-20

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Catonetworks Search vendor "Catonetworks"		Cato Client Search vendor "Catonetworks" for product "Cato Client"				< 5.4.0 Search vendor "Catonetworks" for product "Cato Client" and version " < 5.4.0"		macos		Affected