CVE-2023-36853 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-36853

Keysight Geolocation Server Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Vulnerability Description

​In Keysight Geolocation Server v2.4.2 and prior, a low privileged attacker could create a local ZIP file containing a malicious script in any location. The attacker could abuse this to load a DLL with SYSTEM privileges.

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • ​Steven Seeley of Source Incite reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

References

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Affected Vendor

Keysight Technologies

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Affected Software

N6845A Geolocation Server
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 19th, 2023
Last Modified: October 24th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-749

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact