🛡️ CVE-2023-39520 — cryptomator

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-269 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Cryptomator encrypts data being stored on cloud infrastructure. The MSI installer provided on the homepage for Cryptomator version 1.9.2 allows local privilege escalation for low privileged users, via the repair function. The problem occurs as the repair function of the MSI is spawning an SYSTEM Powershell without the -NoProfile parameter. Therefore the profile of the user starting the repair will be loaded. Version 1.9.3 contains a fix for this issue. Adding a -NoProfile to the powershell is a possible workaround.

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 none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-39520 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-2023-39520 is recorded against 1 package.

  • cryptomator (fixed in 1.9.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-269
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-08-07
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
cryptomator 1.9.3

Similar Threats

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