CVE-2023-0221 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Product security bypass vulnerability in ACC prior to version 8.3.4 allows a locally logged-in attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the execution controls provided by ACC using the utilman program.

Published: 2023-01-13

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Trellix

Application and Change Control

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.x`	affected	< 8.3.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_and_change_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12307	Product security bypass vulnerability in ACC prior to version 8.3.4 allows a locally logged-in attacker with administrator privileges to bypass the execution controls provided by ACC using the utilman program.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://kcm.trellix.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10370

History

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Mcafee Application And Change Control

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published: 2023-01-13T15:19:03.662Z

Updated: 2025-04-04T14:49:27.402Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T16:20:24.280Z

Link: CVE-2023-0221

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:43.915Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-13T16:15:08.773

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:36:46.403

Link: CVE-2023-0221

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269

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