{"cve":"CVE-2023-28143","nvd":{"published":"2023-04-18T16:15:09.223","modified":"2026-06-17T05:46:57.623","status":"Modified","description":"Qualys Cloud Agent for macOS (versions 2.5.1-75 before 3.7)\ninstaller allows a local escalation of privilege bounded only to the time of\ninstallation and only on older macOSX (macOS 10.15 and older) versions.\nAttackers may exploit incorrect file permissions to give them ROOT command\nexecution privileges on the host. During the install of the PKG, a step in the\nprocess involves extracting the package and copying files to several\ndirectories. Attackers may gain writable access to files during the install of\nPKG when extraction of the package and copying files to several directories,\nenabling a local escalation of privilege.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-426"],"references":["https://qualys.com/security-advisories","https://qualys.com/security-advisories"],"products":["qualys:cloud_agent"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:05.473481323+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-28143","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06905,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}