# CVE-2023-3712: Potential user privilege escalation

> Attackers can escalate privileges via accessible files on Honeywell PM43 printers, requiring firmware updates to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cwj7-4q2c-hmxj

## What is CVE-2023-3712?

CVE-2023-3712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Honeywell PC23/43, PD43, published on 12 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in Honeywell PM43 on 32 bit, ARM (Printer web page modules) allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects PM43 versions prior to P10.19.050004. 

Update to the latest available firmware version of the respective printers to version MR19.5 (e.g. P10.19.050006).

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3712?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Honeywell Pm43 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3712?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Honeywell PC23/43, PD43

- [CVE-2023-3710](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3710/): Printer web page invalid command execution (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-3711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3711/): Potential Predictable Session ID (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3712 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Honeywell PC23/43, PD43, published on 12 Sep 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-2023-3712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Honeywell PC23/43, PD43. 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-2023-3712/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3712/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3712
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3712
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3712

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3712/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.