VDB-239411 · CVE-2023-27470 · MNDT-2023-0011

N-able Take Control Agent prior 7.0.43 BASupSrvcUpdater.exe race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in N-able Take Control Agent. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file BASupSrvcUpdater.exe. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-27470. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in N-able Take Control Agent. This issue affects an unknown code of the file BASupSrvcUpdater.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

BASupSrvcUpdater.exe in N-able Take Control Agent through 7.0.41.1141 before 7.0.43 has a TOCTOU Race Condition via a pseudo-symlink at %PROGRAMDATA%\GetSupportService_N-Central\PushUpdates, leading to arbitrary file deletion.

The weakness was released 09/12/2023 as MNDT-2023-0011. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-27470 since 03/01/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 7.0.43 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31246). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

N-able

Name

Take Control Agent

CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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NVD Base Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Take Control Agent 7.0.43

Timelineinfo

03/01/2023 🔍
09/11/2023 +194 days 🔍
09/12/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/17/2025 +797 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: MNDT-2023-0011
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-27470 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-27470
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-239411
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2023 00:14
Updated: 11/17/2025 03:42
Changes: 09/12/2023 00:14 (39), 10/10/2023 07:17 (11), 11/17/2025 03:42 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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