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.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 6.7 MEDIUM Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
l➤ Exploitability Metrics: Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH Privileges Required (PR)* LOW User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED Scope (S)* UNCHANGED
l➤ Impact Metrics: Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH Availability Impact (A)* HIGH
Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 CWE Name: CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (
Race Condition
) Source: Qualys
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)