CVE-2023-53954
ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Dec 19, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 7, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 19, 2025
Description
ActFax 10.10 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially escalate privileges by exploiting the ActiveFaxServiceNT service configuration. Attackers with write permissions to Program Files directories can inject a malicious ActSrvNT.exe executable to gain elevated system access when the service restarts.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.5 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ActFaxActfax |
|
References
- ExploitDB-51332exploit
- Official Product Homepageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitythird-party-advisory
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