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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2023-33730 EUVD-2023-37884GHSA-gg3v-pcgq-5p63

Privilege Escalation in the "GetUserCurrentPwd" function in Microworld Technologies eScan Management Console 14.0.1400.2281 allows any remo…

Published May 31, 2023 · Updated Jan 10, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Privilege Escalation in the "GetUserCurrentPwd" function in Microworld Technologies eScan Management Console 14.0.1400.2281 allows any remote attacker to retrieve password of any admin or normal user in plain text format.

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • sahiloj/CVE-2023-33730 ★ 2 · May 30, 2023

    eScan Management Console version 14.0.1400.2281 contains privilege escalation via `GetUserCurrentPwd` function lets attackers retrieve any user's password in plain text.

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