# CVE-2023-7043: Unquoted path privilege vulnerability in ESET products for Windows

> Attackers can escalate privileges and execute code by exploiting unquoted service paths in ESET Windows products.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 31 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m5qf-4xvf-462h

## What is CVE-2023-7043?

CVE-2023-7043 is a low-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus, published on 31 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unquoted service path in ESET products allows to 

drop a prepared program to a specific location and run on boot with the 

NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService permissions.

Weakness: CWE-428 (Unquoted Search Path or Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7043?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Eset Endpoint Antivirus, Eset Endpoint Security, Eset Internet Security, Eset Mail Security, Eset Nod32 Antivirus, Eset Smart Security Premium.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7043?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7043 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7043 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus

- [CVE-2024-0353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0353/): Local privilege escalation in Windows products (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-3160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3160/): Local privilege escalation in security products for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-37852](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37852/): LPE in ESET products for Windows (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-5594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5594/): Improper following of a certificate's chain of trust in ESET security products (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-37851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37851/): Local Privilege Escalation in ESET product for Windows (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7043 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7043 is a low-severity vulnerability in ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus, published on 31 Jan 2024. 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-2023-7043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ESET, spol. s r.o. ESET Endpoint Antivirus. 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-2023-7043/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7043/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7043
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7043
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7043

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7043/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.