CVE-2023-27830

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Publication date:

12/04/2023

Last modified:

08/02/2025

Description

TightVNC before v2.8.75 allows attackers to escalate privileges on the host operating system via replacing legitimate files with crafted files when executing a file transfer. This is due to the fact that TightVNC runs in the backend as a high-privileges account.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.00 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High