CVE-2023-38736

IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent privilege escalation

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Published Sep 8, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.6, when installed to run as ADMIN or SYSTEM, is vulnerable to a local escalation of privilege attack that a normal user could utilize to gain SYSTEM permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 262542.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

IBM

QRadar WinCollect Agent

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`10.0`	affected	≤ 10.1.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:qradar_wincollect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-42511	IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.6, when installed to run as ADMIN or SYSTEM, is vulnerable to a local escalation of privilege attack that a normal user could utilize to gain SYSTEM permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 262542.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.431% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/262542
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7030703

History

Sep 26, 2024 2:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ibm Qradar Wincollect

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 26, 2024, 2:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: ibm
Published: Sep 8, 2023, 6:49 PM
Updated: Sep 26, 2024, 2:10 PM
Reserved: Jul 25, 2023, 12:01 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:54 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:54 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 8, 2023, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

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