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CVE-2023-28872

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-12-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Support Assistant in NCP Secure Enterprise Client before 13.10 allows attackers to execute DLL files with SYSTEM privileges by creating a symbolic link from a %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\NcpSupport* location.

Affected products

• ncp-e Secure Enterprise Client: before 13.10 — fixed in 13.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ncp-e Secure Enterprise Client 13.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://herolab.usd.de/en/security-advisories/usd-2022-0006/
• https://herolab.usd.de/en/security-advisories/usd-2022-0006/

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