CVE-2023-28133

CVE-2023-28133 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Check Point Endpoint Security Client (version E87.30), allowing an attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted OpenSSL configuration file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite a mention in a Tenable blog post, the CVE has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage.