Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Linux and MacOS
CVE-2023-2847

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Eset

Status
Server Security For Linux
Endpoint Antivirus For Linux
Cyber Security
Endpoint Antivirus For Mac OS
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 June 2023

What is CVE-2023-2847?

A local privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered in ESET products, which allowed a user with lower privileges to execute actions as a root user due to flaws in privilege management. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access and manipulation of system resources. ESET has addressed this security issue and released updated builds of its software to mitigate this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

Cyber Security 7.3.3700.0

Endpoint Antivirus for Linux 9.1.11.0

Endpoint Antivirus for macOS 7.3.3600.0

References

https://support.eset.com/en/ca8447
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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