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CVE-2023-7043: Unquoted path privilege vulnerability in ESET products for Windows

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2024-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-428

Description

Unquoted service path in ESET products allows to drop a prepared program to a specific location and run on boot with the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService permissions.

Affected products

• ESET Endpoint Antivirus: from 10.1.2046.0 before 11.0.2032.0 — fixed in 11.0.2032.0
• ESET Endpoint Security: from 10.1.2046.0 before 11.0.2032.0 — fixed in 11.0.2032.0
• ESET Internet Security: from 16.1.14.0 before 17.0.15.0 — fixed in 17.0.15.0
• ESET Mail Security: 10.1.10012.0
• ESET Nod32 Antivirus: from 16.1.14.0 before 17.0.15.0 — fixed in 17.0.15.0
• ESET Smart Security Premium: from 16.1.14.0 before 17.0.15.0 — fixed in 17.0.15.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ESET Endpoint Antivirus 11.0.2032.0; ESET Endpoint Security 11.0.2032.0; ESET Internet Security 17.0.15.0; ESET Nod32 Antivirus 17.0.15.0; ESET Smart Security Premium 17.0.15.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://support.eset.com/en/ca8602
• https://support.eset.com/en/ca8602

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