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CVE-2023-2331

Bypassing hardening via Unquoted Service path vulnerability

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 27, 2023 at 11:51 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSurelock

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Unquoted service Path or Element vulnerability in 42Gears Surelock Windows SureLock Service (NixService.Exe) on Windows application will allows to insert arbitrary code into the service. This issue affects Surelock Windows : from 2.3.12 through 2.40.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Surelock· 42GEARS
95%
2.3.12 ≤ v ≤ 2.40.02.3.12 ≤ v < 2.41.02.3.12
Affected range stops below 2.41.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor AdvisoryNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
https://www.42gears.com/security-and-compliance
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.42gears.com/security-and-compliance/42g-2023-001/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGH42Gears
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-428

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