What is CVE-2023-53954?

CVE-2023-53954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Actfax, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2023-53954?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Actfax

CVE-2023-53954

ActFax 10.10 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially escalate privileges by exploiting the ActiveFaxServiceNT service configuration. Attackers with write permissions to Program Files directories can inject a malicious ActSrvNT.exe executable to gain elevated system access when the service restarts.

EPSS: 0.001 (2.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Actfax — versions 10.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53954?: CVE-2023-53954 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Actfax, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2023-53954?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.