CVE-2023-4991 (GCVE-0-2023-4991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-15 15:31 – Updated: 2024-09-25 15:09
VLAI
Title
NextBX QWAlerter QWAlerter.exe unquoted search path
Summary
A vulnerability was found in NextBX QWAlerter 4.50. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file QWAlerter.exe. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-239804. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.239804 vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.239804 signature
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NextBX QWAlerter Affected: 4.50
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Credits
_Phx (VulDB User)
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