Security Advisory

CVE-2023-27830

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2023-04-12 00:00:00
Last updated 2025-02-08 02:40:24
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

TightVNC before v2.8.75 allows attackers to escalate privileges on the host operating system via replacing legitimate files with crafted files when executing a file transfer. This is due to the fact that TightVNC runs in the backend as a high-privileges account.