CVE-2023-33873
AVEVA Operations Control Logger Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to escalate to System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in complete compromise of the target machine.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
AVEVA Operations Control Logger Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to escalate to System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in complete compromise of the target machine.
- Record
CVE-2023-33873- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-250
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-38023
This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to escalate to System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in complete compromise of the target machine.
- Record
EUVD-2023-38023- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6v89-cgp3-2347
This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user...
This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to escalate to System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in complete compromise of the target machine.
- Record
GHSA-6v89-cgp3-2347- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-250
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, cloud allow a local OS-authenticated user with standard privileges to escalate to System privilege on the machine where these products are installed, resulting in complete compromise of the target machine.
- Record
CVE-2023-33873- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-250
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- aveva application server
- aveva batch management
- aveva communication drivers pack
- aveva communication drivers
- aveva edge
- aveva edge (formerly known as indusoft web studio)
- aveva enterprise licensing (formerly known as license manager)
- aveva enterprise licensing
- aveva historian
- aveva intouch
- aveva manufacturing execution system (formerly known as wonderware mes)
- aveva manufacturing execution system
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- aveva mobile operator (formerly known as intelatrac mobile operator rounds)
- aveva mobile operator
- aveva plant scada (formerly known as citect)
- aveva plant scada
- aveva recipe management
- aveva system platform
- aveva systemplatform
- aveva telemetry server
- aveva work tasks
- aveva worktasks (formerly known as workflow management)
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-33873 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Aveva Application Server, published November 15, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.