Local Elevation of Privilege in M-Files

published 2023-03-29 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12302

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits: 0; none known

Elevation of privilege issue in M-Files Installer versions before 22.6 on Windows allows user to gain SYSTEM privileges via DLL hijacking.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

M-Files M-Files 22.6

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-28)

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

M-Files M-Files

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

product.m-files.com /security-advisories/cve-2023-0213/
vendor-advisory
empower.m-files.com /security-advisories/CVE-2023-0213
vendor-advisory
m-files.com /about/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2023-0213/

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-0213
NVD CVE-2023-0213

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Summary