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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-28142

CVE-2023-28142

Description

A Race Condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows platform in versions from 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1. This allows attackers to escalate privileges limited on the local machine during uninstallation of the Qualys Cloud Agent for Windows. Attackers may gain SYSTEM level privileges on that asset to run arbitrary commands.

At the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are classified as End of Life.

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Affected products

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  • Qualitor/Cloud Agent2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:qualys:cloud_agent:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*range: >=3.1.3.34,<4.5.3.1
    • (no CPE)range: 3.1.3.34
  • Qualitor/Cloud Agent for Windowsllm-create
    Range: 3.1.3.34 and before 4.5.3.1

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