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Fencer Vulns
low 3.3

CVE-2023-7043 json

Unquoted path privilege vulnerability in ESET products for Windows

published 2024-01-31 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59230

cvss
3.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unquoted service path in ESET products allows to

drop a prepared program to a specific location and run on boot with the

NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService permissions.

Patch / fix

  • eset endpoint_antivirus 11.0.2032.0
  • eset endpoint_security 11.0.2032.0
  • eset internet_security 17.0.15.0
  • eset nod32_antivirus 17.0.15.0
  • eset smart_security_premium 17.0.15.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Security
  • ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus
  • ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET NOD32 Antivirus
  • ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Internet Security
  • ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Smart Security Premium
  • ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.