{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50446 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-50446 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50446 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-50446 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50446 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50446/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50446/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-50446","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50446/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-50446","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-4j2v-8g53-r728"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Mullvad VPN client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local unprivileged users can escalate privileges to SYSTEM due to insufficient directory permissions in the Mullvad VPN Windows application.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"mullvad_vpn","vendor":"mullvad"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"}],"description":"An issue was discovered in Mullvad VPN Windows app before 2023.6-beta1. Insufficient permissions on a directory allow any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-50446","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Arbitrary Code Execution in Pillow","id":"CVE-2023-50447"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-50445"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2023-12-10","related":[{"cvss_score":7.3,"headline":"Mullvad VPN for macOS: Local Privilege Escalation via unverified bundle path in installer","id":"CVE-2026-32323","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-05-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local unprivileged users can escalate privileges to SYSTEM due to insufficient directory permissions in the Mullvad VPN Windows application.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50446/"}