CVE-2023-38401 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client for Windows. Successful exploitation allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its low attack complexity and lack of user interaction required. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are also minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hp:aruba_virtual_intranet_access:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.