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CVE-2023-28797
LPE using arbitrary file delete with Symlinks
Medium6.3EPSS 0.23%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Zscaler
Description
Zscaler Client Connector for Windows before 4.1 writes/deletes a configuration file inside specific folders on the disk. A malicious user can replace the folder and execute code as a privileged user.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Zscaler
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZscalerCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 4.1
References (1)
Sources
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