CVE-2023-7043 (GCVE-0-2023-7043)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-31 12:51 – Updated: 2024-10-17 17:54
VLAI
Title
Unquoted path privilege vulnerability in ESET products for Windows
Summary
Unquoted service path in ESET products allows to drop a prepared program to a specific location and run on boot with the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService permissions.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-31 15:52 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security Affected: 10.1.2046.x , ≤ 10.1.2063.x (custom)
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ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus Affected: 10.1.2046.x , ≤ 10.1.2063.x (custom)
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ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Antivirus Affected: 16.1.14.0 , ≤ 16.2.15.0 (custom)
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ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Internet Security Affected: 16.1.14.0 , ≤ 16.2.15.0 (custom)
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ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Smart Security Premium Affected: 16.1.14.0 , ≤ 16.2.15.0 (custom)
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ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server Affected: 10.1.10012.0
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Date Public
2024-01-26 11:00
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