Is CVE-2023-49944 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-49944 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-49944?

CVE-2023-49944 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-49944?

CVE-2023-49944 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-49944?

Upgrade privilege management for windows to 2023-07-14 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-49944

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Challenge Response feature of BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW) before 2023-07-14 allows local administrators to bypass this feature by decrypting the shared key, or by locating the decrypted shared key in process memory. The threat is mitigated by the Agent Protection feature.

How to fix

Remediation Available

privilege management for windowsNVD

Affected:< 2023-07-14Fixed in:2023-07-14CVE-2023-49944derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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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 2024-11-21.