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CVE-2023-2847

Local privilege escalation in ESET products for Linux and MacOS

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
ESET

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

ESET Server Security for Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 9.1.98.0unaffected
  • 9.0.466.0unaffected
  • 8.1.823.0unaffected

ESET Endpoint Antivirus for Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 9.1.11.0unaffected
  • 9.0.10.0unaffected
  • 8.1.12.0unaffected

ESET Cyber Security

Default version status: affected

  • 7.3.3700.0unaffected

ESET Endpoint Antivirus for macOS

Default version status: affected

  • 7.3.3600.0unaffected

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