{"id":"CVE-2023-39520","aliases":["EUVD-2023-43242","GHSA-62gx-54j7-mjh3"],"status":"published","title":"Cryptomator vulnerable to Local Elevation of Privileges","description":"Cryptomator encrypts data being stored on cloud infrastructure. The MSI installer provided on the homepage for Cryptomator version 1.9.2 allows local privilege escalation for low privileged users, via the `repair` function. The problem occurs as the repair function of the MSI is spawning an SYSTEM Powershell without the `-NoProfile` parameter. Therefore the profile of the user starting the repair will be loaded. Version 1.9.3 contains a fix for this issue. Adding a `-NoProfile` to the powershell is a possible workaround.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.0033,"percentile":0.2645,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2023-08-07T19:35:45Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:14Z","products":[{"vendor":"cryptomator","product":"cryptomator"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/security/advisories/GHSA-62gx-54j7-mjh3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/commit/727c32ad50c3901a6144a11cf984a3b7ebcf8b2b","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/releases/download/1.9.2/Cryptomator-1.9.2-x64.msi","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/cryptomator/cryptomator/releases/tag/1.9.3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/39xxx/CVE-2023-39520.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39520","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-39520","title":"Cryptomator vulnerable to Local Elevation of Privileges","description":"Cryptomator encrypts data being stored on cloud infrastructure. The MSI installer provided on the homepage for Cryptomator version 1.9.2 allows local privilege escalation for low privileged users, via the `repair` function. The problem occurs as the repair function of the MSI is spawning an SYSTEM Powershell without the `-NoProfile` parameter. Therefore the profile of the user starting the repair will be loaded. Version 1.9.3 contains a fix for this issue. Adding a `-NoProfile` to the powershell is a possible workaround.","status":"published","published":"2023-08-07T19:35:45.782Z","modified":"2024-10-03T18:05:22.27Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:33.138994Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-43242","description":"Cryptomator encrypts data being stored on cloud infrastructure. The MSI installer provided on the homepage for Cryptomator version 1.9.2 allows local privilege escalation for low privileged users, via the `repair` function. The problem occurs as the repair function of the MSI is spawning an SYSTEM Powershell without the `-NoProfile` parameter. Therefore the profile of the user starting the repair will be loaded. Version 1.9.3 contains a fix for this issue. Adding a `-NoProfile` to the powershell is a possible workaround.","status":"published","published":"2023-08-07T19:35:45Z","modified":"2024-10-03T18:05:22Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:54.233481Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-39520","description":"Cryptomator encrypts data being stored on cloud infrastructure. The MSI installer provided on the homepage for Cryptomator version 1.9.2 allows local privilege escalation for low privileged users, via the `repair` function. 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