Name: CVE-2023-38042: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2024-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-38042, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.0019

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ivanti Secure Access Client for Windows allows a low privileged user to execute code as SYSTEM.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ivanti Secure Access Client	—	Update Ivanti Secure Access Client to the latest version	Oct 9, 2025	May 21, 2024
Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure	—	Update Ivanti Connect Secure to version 22.7R1Update Ivanti Connect Secure to version 9.0R0Update Ivanti Connect Secure to version 22.0R0	Jun 10, 2024	May 31, 2024

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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