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CVE-2023-34642

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

KioWare for Windows through v8.33 was discovered to contain an incomplete blacklist filter for blocked dialog boxes on Windows 10. This issue can allow attackers to open a file dialog box via the function showDirectoryPicker() which can then be used to open an unprivileged command prompt.

Affected products

• Kioware: through 8.33

References

• https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642
• https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002
• https://www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspx?pid=15
• https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642
• https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002
• https://www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspx?pid=15

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