CVE-2023-2847 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-2847

Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Linux and MacOS

Vulnerability Description

During internal security analysis, a local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified. On a machine with the affected ESET product installed, it was possible for a user with lower privileges due to improper privilege management to trigger actions with root privileges. ESET remedied this possible attack vector and has prepared new builds of its products that are no longer susceptible to this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Server Security for Linux, Endpoint Antivirus for Linux, Cyber Security, Endpoint Antivirus for macOS
Vulnerable Versions:
9.1.98.0, 9.0.466.0, 8.1.823.0, 9.1.11.0, 9.0.10.0, 8.1.12.0, 7.3.3700.0, 7.3.3600.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 15th, 2023
Last Modified: December 12th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1098 Account Manipulation
Privilege Escalation
T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
Privilege Escalation
T1222 File and Directory Permissions Modification
Defense Evasion
T1134 Access Token Manipulation
Defense Evasion