What is CVE-2023-53984?

CVE-2023-53984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Clevo Hotkey Clipboard, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-53984?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Clevo Hotkey Clipboard

CVE-2023-53984

Clevo HotKey Clipboard 2.1.0.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the HKClipSvc service that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with system privileges. Attackers can exploit the misconfigured service path to inject and execute arbitrary code by placing malicious executables in specific file system locations.

Published 2026-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Clevo Hotkey Clipboard — versions 2.1.0.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-428 — Unquoted Search Path or Element

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51206 (exploit)
web.archive.org/web/20200713203236/https://www.clevo.com.tw/index-en.asp (product)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hotkey-clipboard-privilege-escalation-unquoted-ser… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53984?: CVE-2023-53984 is a high-severity vulnerability in Clevo Hotkey Clipboard, classified under Unquoted Search Path or Element. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2026-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-53984?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.