Ubiquiti UI Desktop up to 0.59.1.71 on Windows UID VPN Start permission assignment

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti UI Desktop up to 0.59.1.71 on Windows and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component UID VPN Start Handler. The manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-28123. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti UI Desktop up to 0.59.1.71 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component UID VPN Start Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A permission misconfiguration in UI Desktop for Windows (Version 0.59.1.71 and earlier) could allow an user to hijack VPN credentials while UID VPN is starting.This vulnerability is fixed in Version 0.62.3 and later.

The weakness was published 04/20/2023. The advisory is shared for download at community.ui.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-28123 since 03/10/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.62.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at community.ui.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31834). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Ubiquiti

Name

• UI Desktop

Version

• 0.59.1.0
• 0.59.1.1
• 0.59.1.2
• 0.59.1.3
• 0.59.1.4
• 0.59.1.5
• 0.59.1.6
• 0.59.1.7
• 0.59.1.8
• 0.59.1.9
• 0.59.1.10
• 0.59.1.11
• 0.59.1.12
• 0.59.1.13
• 0.59.1.14
• 0.59.1.15
• 0.59.1.16
• 0.59.1.17
• 0.59.1.18
• 0.59.1.19
• 0.59.1.20
• 0.59.1.21
• 0.59.1.22
• 0.59.1.23
• 0.59.1.24
• 0.59.1.25
• 0.59.1.26
• 0.59.1.27
• 0.59.1.28
• 0.59.1.29
• 0.59.1.30
• 0.59.1.31
• 0.59.1.32
• 0.59.1.33
• 0.59.1.34
• 0.59.1.35
• 0.59.1.36
• 0.59.1.37
• 0.59.1.38
• 0.59.1.39
• 0.59.1.40
• 0.59.1.41
• 0.59.1.42
• 0.59.1.43
• 0.59.1.44
• 0.59.1.45
• 0.59.1.46
• 0.59.1.47
• 0.59.1.48
• 0.59.1.49
• 0.59.1.50
• 0.59.1.51
• 0.59.1.52
• 0.59.1.53
• 0.59.1.54
• 0.59.1.55
• 0.59.1.56
• 0.59.1.57
• 0.59.1.58
• 0.59.1.59
• 0.59.1.60
• 0.59.1.61
• 0.59.1.62
• 0.59.1.63
• 0.59.1.64
• 0.59.1.65
• 0.59.1.66
• 0.59.1.67
• 0.59.1.68
• 0.59.1.69
• 0.59.1.70
• 0.59.1.71

License

• commercial

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