Vulnerability · Published Dec 19, 2025 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2023-53954ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Medium 6.2
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in ActFax from Actfax. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-428 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- ExploitDB-51332 exploit
- Official Product Homepage product
- VulnCheck Advisory: ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability third-party-advisory