Is CVE-2023-28349 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-28349 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-28349?

CVE-2023-28349 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-28349?

CVE-2023-28349 has an EPSS score of 1.20% (65th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2023-28349?

No published fix for CVE-2023-28349 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-28349

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. It is possible for an attacker to create a crafted program that functions similarly to the Teacher Console. This can compel Student Consoles to connect and put themselves at risk automatically. Connected Student Consoles can be compelled to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on disk with NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM level permissions, enabling remote code execution.

CWE-346

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

research.nccgroup.com

Third-Party Advisory1

research.nccgroup.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-13.