Ubiquiti UI Desktop up to 0.59.1.71 on Windows Local Privilege Escalation
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 6.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti UI Desktop up to 0.59.1.71 on Windows and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-28122. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti UI Desktop up to 0.59.1.71 on Windows. It has been declared as problematic. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in UI Desktop for Windows (Version 0.59.1.71 and earlier) allows a malicious actor with local access to a Windows device running said application to submit arbitrary commands as SYSTEM.This vulnerability is fixed in Version 0.62.3 and later.
The weakness was presented 04/20/2023. The advisory is shared for download at community.ui.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-28122 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-2023-31833). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
Product
Vendor
Name
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
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Local Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: UI Desktop 0.62.3
Timeline
03/10/2023 🔍04/20/2023 🔍
04/20/2023 🔍
12/01/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: community.ui.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-28122 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28122
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226888
EUVD: 🔍
Entry
Created: 04/20/2023 07:46Updated: 12/01/2025 05:38
Changes: 04/20/2023 07:46 (39), 05/14/2023 12:04 (11), 12/01/2025 05:38 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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