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CVE-2023-53954: ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-428

Description

ActFax 10.10 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially escalate privileges by exploiting the ActiveFaxServiceNT service configuration. Attackers with write permissions to Program Files directories can inject a malicious ActSrvNT.exe executable to gain elevated system access when the service restarts.

Affected products

• ActFax: 10.10

References

• https://www.actfax.com
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51332
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/actfax-unquoted-path-services-privilege-escalation-vulnerability

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