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FKIE_CVE-2023-1399

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-03-27 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:27

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

N6854A Geolocation Server versions 2.4.2 are vulnerable to untrusted data deserialization, which may allow a malicious actor to escalate privileges in the affected device’s default configuration and achieve remote code execution.

References

	URL	Tags
	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-080-01	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-080-01	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	keysight	n6854a_firmware	*
	keysight	n6854a	-

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CVE-2023-1399 (GCVE-0-2023-1399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-27 15:11 – Updated: 2025-01-16 21:38

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-16 20:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Assigner

icscert icscert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Keysight Technologies	N6854A Geolocation Server	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.4.2 (custom)

Date Public

2023-03-21 17:00

Credits

An anonymous individual working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative reported this vulnerability to CISA.

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