What is CVE-2023-44853?

CVE-2023-44853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cobham Sailor 600 Vsat Ku, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-44853?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-44853 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Cobham Sailor 600 Vsat Ku

CVE-2023-44853

\An issue was discovered in Cobham SAILOR VSAT Ku v.164B019, allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the sub_219C4 function in the acu_web file.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2024-04-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.8% 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

Cobham Sailor 600 Vsat Ku
Cobham Sailor 600 Vsat Ku Firmware — versions 164_build019

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

pine-amphibian-9b9.notion.site/SAILOR-Ku-Software-RCE-and-Privilege-Escalation-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44853?: CVE-2023-44853 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cobham Sailor 600 Vsat Ku, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-44853?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-44853 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.