🛡️ CVE-2023-3160 — endpoint-antivirus

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-3160 is classified as CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. Privileges are assigned, dropped or restored incorrectly, leaving an actor with more access than intended.

Affected software

CVE-2023-3160 is recorded against 8 packages.

• endpoint-antivirus
• endpoint-security
• internet-security
• mail-security
• nod32
• security
• server-security
• smart-security

Timeline and source

Published on 14 August 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

endpoint-antivirus has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2024-3779 (6.1 Medium, published 16 Jul 2024)
• CVE-2024-0353 (7.8 High, published 15 Feb 2024)
• CVE-2023-7043 (3.3 Low, published 31 Jan 2024)
• CVE-2023-5594 (7.5 High, published 21 Dec 2023)
• CVE-2023-2847 (7.8 High, published 15 Jun 2023)
• CVE-2022-27167 (7.1 High, published 10 May 2022)
• CVE-2022-0615 (5.9 Medium, published 25 Feb 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management) in other software:

• CVE-2025-54996 (8.0 High, published 27 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2020-7938 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-22513 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-38487 (7.0 High, published 16 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-31272 (7.8 High, published 11 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-5088 (8.3 High, published 5 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-43306 (7.8 High, published 26 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-13618 (9.8 Critical, published 5 May 2026)

Details

Affected Packages

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