CVE-2023-47250

Public Exploit

Description

In mprivacy-tools before 2.0.406g in m-privacy TightGate-Pro Server, broken Access Control on X11 server sockets allows authenticated attackers (with access to a VNC session) to access the X11 desktops of other users by specifying their DISPLAY ID. This allows complete control of their desktop, including the ability to inject keystrokes and perform a keylogging attack.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.07%
Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory sec-consult.com Third-Party Advisory sec-consult.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://sec-consult.com/en/vulnerability-lab/advisories/index.html third party advisory
https://www.m-privacy.de/en/tightgate-pro-safe-surfing/ product
https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-m-privacy-tightgate-pro/ third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/13 mailing list third party advisory exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175949/m-privacy-TightGate-Pro-Code-Execution-Insecure-Permissions.html third party advisory vdb entry exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-47250?
CVE-2023-47250 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-47250?
To fix CVE-2023-47250, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-47250 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2023-47250 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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