CVE-2023-27830 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

TightVNC before v2.8.75 allows attackers to escalate privileges on the host operating system via replacing legitimate files with crafted files when executing a file transfer. This is due to the fact that TightVNC runs in the backend as a high-privileges account.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Tightvnc	Tightvnc

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tightvnc:tightvnc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://medium.com/nestedif/vulnerability-disclosure-privilege-escalation-tightvnc-8165208cce
https://www.tightvnc.com/news.php
https://www.tightvnc.com/whatsnew.php

History

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-08T02:40:24.901Z

Reserved: 2023-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-27830

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:23:29.465Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-12T15:15:12.830

Modified: 2025-02-08T03:15:10.200

Link: CVE-2023-27830

Redhat

No data.

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