CVE-2023-41998 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-41998: Arcserve UDP Unauthenticated RCE

Vendor Arcserve

Product Arcserve UDP

Weakness CWE-434 · Unrestricted file upload

Published November 27, 2023

Last update August 2, 2024

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Arcserve UDP prior to 9.2 contained a vulnerability in the com.ca.arcflash.rps.webservice.RPSService4CPMImpl interface. A routine exists that allows an attacker to upload and execute arbitrary files.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 27, 2023 CVE published

August 2, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41998 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html

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