CVE-2023-45160
Elevated Temp Directory Execution in 1E Client
In the affected version of the 1E Client, an ordinary user could subvert downloaded instruction resource files, e.g., to substitute a harmful script. by replacing a resource script file created by an instruction at run time with a malicious script. The 1E Client's temporary directory is now locked down in the released patch.
Resolution: This has been fixed in patch Q23094
This issue has also been fixed in the Mac Client in updated versions of Non-Windows release v8.1.2.62 - please re-download from the 1E Support site.
Customers with Mac Client versions higher than v8.1 will need to upgrade to v23.11 to remediate this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- 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
Elevated Temp Directory Execution in 1E Client
In the affected version of the 1E Client, an ordinary user could subvert downloaded instruction resource files, e.g., to substitute a harmful script. by replacing a resource script file created by an instruction at run time with a malicious script. The 1E Client's temporary directory is now locked down in the released patch.
Resolution: This has been fixed in patch Q23094
This issue has also been fixed in the Mac Client in updated versions of Non-Windows release v8.1.2.62 - please re-download from the 1E Support site.
Customers with Mac Client versions higher than v8.1 will need to upgrade to v23.11 to remediate this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-45160- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-49467
In the affected version of the 1E Client, an ordinary user could subvert downloaded instruction resource files, e.g., to substitute a harmful script. by replacing a resource script file created by an instruction at run time with a malicious script. The 1E Client's temporary directory is now locked down in the released patch.
Resolution: This has been fixed in patch Q23094
This issue has also been fixed in the Mac Client in updated versions of Non-Windows release v8.1.2.62 - please re-download from the 1E Support site.
Customers with Mac Client versions higher than v8.1 will need to upgrade to v23.11 to remediate this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2023-49467- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v69j-q2rv-25rq
In the affected version of the 1E Client, an ordinary user could subvert downloaded instruction...
In the affected version of the 1E Client, an ordinary user could subvert downloaded instruction resource files, e.g., to substitute a harmful script. by replacing a resource script file created by an instruction at run time with a malicious script. This has been fixed in patch Q23094 as the 1E Client's temporary directory is now locked down
- Record
GHSA-v69j-q2rv-25rq- CVSS 3.1
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In the affected version of the 1E Client, an ordinary user could subvert downloaded instruction resource files, e.g., to substitute a harmful script. by replacing a resource script file created by an instruction at run time with a malicious script. The 1E Client's temporary directory is now locked down in the released patch.
Resolution: This has been fixed in patch Q23094
This issue has also been fixed in the Mac Client in updated versions of Non-Windows release v8.1.2.62 - please re-download from the 1E Support site.
Customers with Mac Client versions higher than v8.1 will need to upgrade to v23.11 to remediate this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-45160- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-45160 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in 1e Client, published October 5, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.88%, the 59th percentile. No source names a fixed version.