CVE-2023-2847 Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Linux and MacOS

What is CVE-2023-2847?

CVE-2023-2847 is a high-severity vulnerability in ESET Cyber Security, published on 15 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

During internal security analysis, a local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified. On a machine with the affected ESET product installed, it was possible for a user with lower privileges due to improper privilege management to trigger actions with root privileges.

ESET remedied this possible attack vector and has prepared new builds of its products that are no longer susceptible to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2847?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Eset Cyber Security, Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Server Security.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2847?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2847 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-2847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in ESET Cyber Security

• CVE-2020-10180 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16519 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2020-10193 Security feature bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2019-17549 Denial of service in n/a Medium 6.5
• CVE-2021-37850 Denial of service in ESET for Mac products Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5p64-g2j6-m9w7.