CVE-2023-47172

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 12 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.22% (12th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Certain WithSecure products allow Local Privilege Escalation. This affects WithSecure Client Security 15, WithSecure Server Security 15, WithSecure Email and Server Security 15, and WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection 17 and later.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-269USLLM-inferred

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
withsecure client security≥ 15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:withsecure:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
withsecure elements endpoint protection≥ 17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:withsecure:elements_endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
withsecure email and server security≥ 15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:withsecure:email_and_server_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
withsecure server security≥ 15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:withsecure:server_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2961WithSecure Endpoint Protection: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-11-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in WithSecure Endpoint Protection ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-20modified 2026-06-17

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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