CVE-2023-53965

SOUND4 Server Service 4.1.102 Local Privilege Escalation via Unquoted Service Path

CVSS 8.6 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-428

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.6EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

22 Dec 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

SOUND4 Server Service 4.1.102 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path by inserting malicious code in the system root path that could execute with LocalSystem privileges during service startup.

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

Affected products

SOUND4 Ltd. · SOUND4 Server Service

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References

https://web.archive.org/web/20221207074555/https://www.sound4.com/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51167 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-server-service-local-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5721.php