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    CVE-2023-53954 (GCVE-0-2023-53954)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-19 21:05 – Updated: 2026-04-07 14:08
    VLAI
    Title
    ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
    Summary
    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.
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2025-12-19 21:56 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-428 - Unquoted Search Path or Element
    Assigner
    VulnCheck CNA
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Actfax ActFax Affected: 10.10
        cpe:2.3:a:actfax:actfax:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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    Date Public
    2023-04-08 00:00
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