CVE-2023-38736

IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent privilege escalation

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2023 at 06:49 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:11 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQradar Wincollect

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

IBM QRadar WinCollect Agent 10.0 through 10.1.6, when installed to run as ADMIN or SYSTEM, is vulnerable to a local escalation of privilege attack that a normal user could utilize to gain SYSTEM permissions. IBM X-Force ID: 262542.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

10.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.1.610.0
Affected range stops below 10.1.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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