PT-2023-23648 · Vipre · Vipre Antivirus Plus

Yulin Sung · Published 2023-05-31 · Updated 2025-08-08 · CVE-2023-32176

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. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system. The flaw exists within the SetPrivateConfig method due to the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. This can be leveraged 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 vulnerability.

LPE

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-32176

ZDI-23-756

Affected Products

Vipre Antivirus Plus

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-756 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32176 · Security Note
• https://success.vipre.com/en_US/antivirus-plus-release-notes/home-plus-release-notes-20230530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1787926519085723991 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1786270435941703892 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/131414 · Telegram Post