VDB-230443 · CVE-2023-23952 · EUVD-2023-28017

Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis prior 3.1.6.0/7.3.13.1 command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-23952. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Broadcom Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis, prior to 7.3.13.1 / 3.1.6.0, may be susceptible to a Command Injection vulnerability.

The weakness was presented 06/01/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at support.broadcom.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-23952 since 01/19/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.1.6.0 or 7.3.13.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28017). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Broadcom

Name

Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Advanced Secure Gateway and Content Analysis 3.1.6.0/7.3.13.1

Timelineinfo

01/19/2023 🔍
06/01/2023 +132 days 🔍
06/01/2023 +0 days 🔍
10/15/2025 +867 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.broadcom.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23952 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23952
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230443
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2023 06:52
Updated: 10/15/2025 21:34
Changes: 06/01/2023 06:52 (38), 06/25/2023 15:08 (11), 01/09/2025 21:43 (26), 10/15/2025 21:34 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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