# CVE-2023-30759: Privilege escalation in Printer Driver Packager NX

> A local attacker can modify the driver installation package to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on the target system.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfwq-49pr-pf8x

## What is CVE-2023-30759?

CVE-2023-30759 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ricoh Company, Ltd. Printer Driver Packager NX, published on 19 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The driver installation package created by Printer Driver Packager NX v1.0.02 to v1.1.25 fails to detect its modification and may spawn an unexpected process with the administrative privilege. If a non-administrative user modifies the driver installation package and runs it on the target PC, an arbitrary program may be executed with the administrative privilege.

Weakness: CWE-345 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30759?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ricoh Printer Driver Packager Nx.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-30759?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30759 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-30759 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30759 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-30759 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-30759 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ricoh Company, Ltd. Printer Driver Packager NX, published on 19 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30759 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ricoh Company, Ltd. Printer Driver Packager NX. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30759/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30759/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30759
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30759
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30759

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30759/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.