CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-34642
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-06-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
KioWare for Windows through v8.33 was discovered to contain an incomplete blacklist filter for blocked dialog boxes on Windows 10. This issue can allow attackers to open a file dialog box via the function showDirectoryPicker() which can then be used to open an unprivileged command prompt.
Affected configurations
• kioware kioware (<= 8.33)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642 github.com
- https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002 Broken Link
- https://www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspx?pid=15 Release Notes
- https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642 github.com
- https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002 Broken Link
- https://www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspx?pid=15 Release Notes