{"id":"CVE-2023-53965","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-53965","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:25:30.829Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2025-12-22T22:16:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:46:26.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS: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"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.00236,"percentile":0.14578,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074555/https://www.sound4.com/","tags":["Product"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51167","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-server-service-local-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5721.php","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5721.php","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53965","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}