CVE-2023-42486
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element, may be used by local user to elevate privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element, may be used by local user to elevate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2023-42486- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-46926
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element, may be used by local user to elevate privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2023-46926- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-chqq-x5r9-mgfm
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element, may be used by local user to elevate...
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element, may be used by local user to elevate privileges.
- Record
GHSA-chqq-x5r9-mgfm- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Fortect - CWE-428: Unquoted Search Path or Element, may be used by local user to elevate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2023-42486- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-428
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-42486 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Fortect, published September 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.25%, the 16th percentile. No source names a fixed version.