What is CVE-2023-2874?

CVE-2023-2874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Filseclab Twister Antivirus, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-2874?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2874 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Filseclab Twister Antivirus

CVE-2023-2874

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Twister Antivirus 8. This issue affects the function 0x804f2158/0x804f2154/0x804f2150/0x804f215c/0x804f2160/0x80800040/0x804f214c/0x804f2148/0x804f2144/0x801120e4/0x804f213c/0x804f2140 in the library filppd.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-229853 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Published 2023-05-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/blob/master/CVE-2023-2874 (related, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
drive.google.com/file/d/1hcj4tdRveydUv84J5IEQFmjF1XxUvxGy/view (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2874?: CVE-2023-2874 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Filseclab Twister Antivirus, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-2874?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2874 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.