PT-2023-23647 · Vipre · Vipre Antivirus Plus

Dennis Herrmann + 1 · Published 2023-05-31 · Updated 2025-08-08 · CVE-2023-32175

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VIPRE Antivirus Plus (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of VIPRE Antivirus Plus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the Anti Malware Service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this issue to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-32175

ZDI-23-755

Affected Products

Vipre Antivirus Plus

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://success.vipre.com/en_US/antivirus-plus-release-notes/home-plus-release-notes-20230530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-755 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32175 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1786270182857421163 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1788296001079615962 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131413 · Telegram Post