NCP Secure Enterprise Client up to 12.21 symlink

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NCP Secure Enterprise Client up to 12.21. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to symlink. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-28871. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NCP Secure Enterprise Client up to 12.21. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Support Assistant in NCP Secure Enterprise Client before 12.22 allows attackers to read registry information of the operating system by creating a symbolic link.

The weakness was released 12/09/2023 as usd-2022-0005. It is possible to read the advisory at herolab.usd.de. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-28871 since 03/27/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 12.22 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-32491). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

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NVD Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Secure Enterprise Client 12.22

Timelineinfo

03/27/2023 🔍
12/09/2023 +257 days 🔍
12/09/2023 +0 days 🔍
12/07/2025 +729 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: usd-2022-0005
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-247331
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/09/2023 08:17
Updated: 12/07/2025 19:08
Changes: 12/09/2023 08:17 (40), 01/01/2024 08:18 (11), 12/07/2025 19:08 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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