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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33873
• https://www.aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cyber-security-updates/
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-318-01