Visible cmd.exe Window Vulnerability in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0

Visible cmd.exe Window Vulnerability in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0

CVE-2023-49147 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0. The configuration of the msi installer file was found to produce a visible cmd.exe window when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows an unprivileged local attacker to use a chain of actions (e.g., an oplock on faxPrnInst.log) to open a SYSTEM cmd.exe.

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