01 Record
CVE-2023-49114
Local Privilege Escalation via DLL Hijacking
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: SEC-VLab
CNA base score6.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Local Privilege Escalation via DLL Hijacking
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-02-26 12:19Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-13 17:18Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-11-22
- Assigning CNA
- SEC-VLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4de35051f217aaf9e8dbd460539583742b4b5cebb62908914faa63c416dd83b2
05 Affected products
06 References
- r.sec-consult.comhttps://r.sec-consult.com/qognify
- seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/10
07 Remediation
The vendor provides an updated hardening guide for their customers which should be implemented to ensure that no DLLs can be preloaded. It can be found in the PartnerWeb portal for customers of Qognify.