CVE-2023-2331 json
Bypassing hardening via Unquoted Service path vulnerability
published 2023-04-27 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33831
- cvss
- 7.8
- 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 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Unquoted service Path or Element vulnerability in 42Gears Surelock Windows SureLock Service (NixService.Exe) on Windows application will allows to insert arbitrary code into the service. This issue affects Surelock Windows : from 2.3.12 through 2.40.0.
Patch / fix
- 42gears surelock 2.41.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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
- 42Gears Surelock Windows
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element
References
-
42gears.com
/security-and-compliance
vendor-advisory, not-applicable
-
42gears.com
/security-and-compliance/42g-2023-001/
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-2331
- NVD CVE-2023-2331
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