🛡️ CVE-2023-7043 — 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 none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

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

• 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: None.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-7043 is classified as CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element. A path containing spaces is used unquoted, so the system may execute a different file than intended.

Affected software

CVE-2023-7043 is recorded against 6 packages.

• endpoint-antivirus (from 10.1.2046.0 up to 11.0.2032.0)
• endpoint-security (from 10.1.2046.0 up to 11.0.2032.0)
• internet-security (from 16.1.14.0 up to 17.0.15.0)
• mail-security
• nod32-antivirus (from 16.1.14.0 up to 17.0.15.0)
• smart-security-premium (from 16.1.14.0 up to 17.0.15.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 31 January 2024 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-2023-5594 (7.5 High, published 21 Dec 2023)
• CVE-2023-3160 (7.8 High, published 14 Aug 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-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element) in other software:

• CVE-2026-66839 (6.7 Medium, published 5 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-18755 (7.3 High, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2026-9128 (published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-8864 (published 30 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2025-71326 (7.8 High, published 19 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2023-54353 (7.8 High, published 19 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-50971 (7.8 High, published 19 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2026-25865 (7.8 High, published 18 Jun 2026)

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