CVE-2023-29444 (GCVE-0-2023-29444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-10 17:06 – Updated: 2025-05-14 20:14
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Summary
An uncontrolled search path element vulnerability (DLL hijacking) has been discovered that could allow a locally authenticated adversary to escalate privileges to SYSTEM. Alternatively, they could host a trojanized version of the software and trick victims into downloading and installing their malicious version to gain initial access and code execution.
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PTC Kepware KEPServerEX Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.14.263.0 (0)
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Credits
Sam Hanson of Dragos
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