What is CVE-2023-34642?

CVE-2023-34642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kioware, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-34642?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Kioware

CVE-2023-34642

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Kioware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-34642?: CVE-2023-34642 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kioware, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-34642?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.