CVE-2023-28353

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-05-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. An unauthenticated attacker is able to upload any type of file to any location on the Teacher Console's computer, enabling a variety of different exploitation paths including code execution. It is also possible for the attacker to chain this vulnerability with others to cause a deployed DLL file to immediately execute as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.

Affected products

Faronics Insight: 10.0.19045

References

https://research.nccgroup.com/2023/05/30/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-faronics-insight/
https://research.nccgroup.com/?research=Technical%20advisories
https://research.nccgroup.com/2023/05/30/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-faronics-insight/
https://research.nccgroup.com/?research=Technical%20advisories

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