{"id":3212,"date":"2026-05-28T15:49:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ws-sup.fi-s.seravo.com\/?page_id=3212"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:50:12","slug":"cve-2023-47172","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/security-advisories\/cve-2023-47172\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2023-47172 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n CVE-2023-47172<\/h2>
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Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Status<\/b><\/p>\n

Fixed<\/p>\n

Risk level<\/b><\/p>\n

High<\/p>\n

Action required<\/b><\/p>\n

No User action is required. The required fix has been published through automatic update channel with ULCore version 2023-11-08_01<\/p>\n

Affected products<\/b><\/p>\n

All WithSecure Endpoint Protection products for Windows o WithSecure Client Security 15 onwards o WithSecure Server Security 15 onwards o WithSecure Email and Server Security 15 onwards o WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 onwards<\/p>\n

Platforms<\/b><\/p>\n

All supported platforms for the affected products<\/p>\n

Date issued<\/b><\/p>\n

2023-11-16<\/p>\n

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More information<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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On October 26, 2023, a high severity vulnerability was discovered in WithSecure Endpoint Protection solutions for Microsoft Windows.<\/p>\n

During investigation, we found that the affected component is used in the following WithSecure\u2122 products:<\/p>\n

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  • WithSecure Client Security 15 onwards<\/li>\n
  • WithSecure Server Security 15 onwards<\/li>\n
  • WithSecure Email and Server Security 15 onwards<\/li>\n
  • WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 onwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This vulnerability allows for a local user with administrator privileges to corrupt kernel memory, leading to potential local privilege escalation.<\/p>\n

    WithSecure is not aware of any known exploits for this vulnerability.<\/p>\n

    We will update the advisory page as additional information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":2271,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3212"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3212\/revisions\/3216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}