CVE-2023-53949

AspEmail 5.6.0.2 Local Privilege Escalation via Binary Permission Vulnerability

CVSS 8.5 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-732

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

19 Dec 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

AspEmail 5.6.0.2 contains a binary permission vulnerability that allows local users to escalate privileges through the Persits Software EmailAgent service. Attackers can exploit full write permissions in the BIN directory to replace the service executable and gain elevated system access.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Aspemail · AspEmail

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References

https://www.aspemail.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51380 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspemail-local-privilege-escalation-via-binary-permission-vulnerability