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CVE-2023-6218

MOVEit Transfer Group Admin Privilege Escalation

Published: Nov 29, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In Progress MOVEit Transfer versions released before 2022.0.9 (14.0.9), 2022.1.10 (14.1.10), 2023.0.7 (15.0.7), a privilege escalation path associated with group administrators has been identified.  It is possible for a group administrator to elevate a group members permissions to the role of an organization administrator.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

progress
commercial·CAaka whatsup gold, moveit transfer, ws ftp server
moveit transferOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Progress Software Corporation
commercial·USaka whatsup gold, loadmaster, moveit transfer
MOVEit TransferOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Service-Pack-November-2023
community.progress.com
https://www.progress.com/moveit
progress.com
https://www.progress.com/moveit
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