6.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-6253
Digital Guardian Agent Cryptographic Key Leak
Description

A saved encryption key in the Uninstaller in Digital Guardian's Agent before version 7.9.4 allows a local attacker to retrieve the uninstall key and remove the software by extracting the uninstaller key from the memory of the uninstaller file.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 22, 2023, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:43 a.m.

Source :

551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-6253 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fortra digital_guardian_agent
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-6253.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175956/Fortra-Digital-Guardian-Agent-Uninstaller-Cross-Site-Scripting-UninstallKey-Cached.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/14 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://r.sec-consult.com/fortra Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.fortra.com/security Product
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175956/Fortra-Digital-Guardian-Agent-Uninstaller-Cross-Site-Scripting-UninstallKey-Cached.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/14 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://r.sec-consult.com/fortra Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.fortra.com/security Product

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-6253 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175956/Fortra-Digital-Guardian-Agent-Uninstaller-Cross-Site-Scripting-UninstallKey-Cached.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/14
    Added Reference https://r.sec-consult.com/fortra
    Added Reference https://www.fortra.com/security
  • CVE Modified by 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175956/Fortra-Digital-Guardian-Agent-Uninstaller-Cross-Site-Scripting-UninstallKey-Cached.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175956/Fortra-Digital-Guardian-Agent-Uninstaller-Cross-Site-Scripting-UninstallKey-Cached.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/14 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://r.sec-consult.com/fortra No Types Assigned https://r.sec-consult.com/fortra Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.fortra.com/security No Types Assigned https://www.fortra.com/security Product
    Added CWE NIST CWE-922
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fortra:digital_guardian_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.9.4
  • CVE Modified by 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf

    Nov. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference SEC-VLab http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175956/Fortra-Digital-Guardian-Agent-Uninstaller-Cross-Site-Scripting-UninstallKey-Cached.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf

    Nov. 27, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference SEC-VLab http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Nov/14 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf

    Nov. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A saved encryption key in the Uninstaller in Digital Guardian's Agent before version 7.9.4 allows a local attacker to retrieve the uninstall key and remove the software by extracting the uninstaller key from the memory of the uninstaller file.
    Added Reference SEC-VLab https://www.fortra.com/security [No types assigned]
    Added Reference SEC-VLab https://r.sec-consult.com/fortra [No types assigned]
    Added CWE SEC-VLab CWE-922
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.19021

percentile

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