{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28141 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28141 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-28141 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Qualys Cloud Agent, published on 18 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28141 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-28141 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Qualys Cloud Agent, published on 18 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28141 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Qualys Cloud Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28141/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28141/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-28141","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28141/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-28141","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-g3cj-qpc9-phm2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Qualys Cloud Agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can exploit NTFS junctions to write files to arbitrary locations, potentially modifying or deleting sensitive files and escalating privileges.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Qualys","cpe":[{"product":"cloud_agent","vendor":"qualys"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"An NTFS Junction condition exists in the Qualys Cloud Agent\nfor Windows platform in versions before 4.8.0.31. Attackers may write files to\narbitrary locations via a local attack vector. This allows attackers to assume\nthe privileges of the process, and they may delete or otherwise on unauthorized\nfiles, allowing for the potential modification or deletion of sensitive files\nlimited only to that specific directory/file object. This vulnerability is\nbounded to the time of installation/uninstallation and can only be exploited locally.\n\nAt the time of this disclosure, versions before 4.0 are\nclassified as End of Life.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"NTFS Junction","id":"CVE-2023-28141","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Race Condition","id":"CVE-2023-28142"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Executable Hijacking","id":"CVE-2023-28140"},"products":["Cloud Agent"],"published":"2023-04-18","related":[{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Executable Hijacking","id":"CVE-2023-28140","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-18"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Race Condition","id":"CVE-2023-28142","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-18"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-28143","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-04-18"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-29550","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-08-18"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-03-03","vendors":["Qualys"]},"summary":"Local attackers can exploit NTFS junctions to write files to arbitrary locations, potentially modifying or deleting sensitive files and escalating privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28141/"}