CVE-2023-53954CWE-428

ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High · published December 19, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

ActFax 10.10 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially escalate privileges by exploiting the ActiveFaxServiceNT service configuration. Attackers with write permissions to Program Files directories can inject a malicious ActSrvNT.exe executable to gain elevated system access when the service restarts.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00138 · 2.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-428 · Unquoted Search Path or Element
Published
2025-12-19T21:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 DEC 21:05Z
    ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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