CVE-2023-34642

high

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.

References

https://www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspx?pid=15

https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002

https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-06-19

Updated: 2024-12-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High