CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-49147
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-12-19
- 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
Description
An issue was discovered in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0. The configuration of the msi installer file was found to produce a visible cmd.exe window when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows an unprivileged local attacker to use a chain of actions (e.g., an oplock on faxPrnInst.log) to open a SYSTEM cmd.exe.
Affected configurations
• pdf24 pdf24 creator (< 11.15.2)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176206/PDF24-Creator-11.15.1-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-pdf24-creator-geek-software-gmbh/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176206/PDF24-Creator-11.15.1-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-pdf24-creator-geek-software-gmbh/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory