CVE-2023-53965
SOUND4 Server Service 4.1.102 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with elevated system privileges.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
SOUND4 Server Service 4.1.102 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path by inserting malicious code in the system root path that could execute with LocalSystem privileges during service startup.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-428
- Affected
- sound4/playout ula8 firmware · sound4/stream x8 firmware · sound4/stream x4 firmware · sound4/stream x2 firmware · sound4/wm2 firmware · sound4/ip connect firmware · sound4/voice ula8 firmware · sound4/voice ula4 firmware · sound4/voice ula2 firmware · sound4/big voice firmware · sound4/pulse eco firmware · sound4/impact eco firmware · sound4/first firmware · sound4/pulse firmware · sound4/impact firmware
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074555/https://www.sound4.com/Product
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51167Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-server-service-local-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-pathThird Party Advisory
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5721.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5721.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.