CVE-2023-42463 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-42463

wazuh-logcollector integer underflow local privilege escalation

Vulnerability Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. This bug introduced a stack overflow hazard that could allow a local privilege escalation. This vulnerability was patched in version 4.5.3.

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

wazuh
Vulnerable Versions:
< 4.5.3

Timeline

Official Publish: January 12th, 2024
Last Modified: October 24th, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-121

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1055 Process Injection
Defense Evasion
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact