{"id":"CVE-2023-7270","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Local Privilege Escalation via MSI installer","description":"An issue was discovered in SoftMaker Office 2024 / NX before revision 1214 and SoftMaker FreeOffice 2014 before revision 1215. FreeOffice 2021 is also affected, but won't be fixed.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice MSI installer files were found to\n produce a visible conhost.exe window running as the SYSTEM user when \nusing the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows a local, \nlow-privileged attacker to use a chain of actions, to open a fully \nfunctional cmd.exe with the privileges of the SYSTEM user.","publishedAt":"2024-06-27T09:28:21.528Z","updatedAt":"2025-02-13T17:27:05.773Z","severity":{"score":5.3,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"SEC-VLab","products":["SoftMaker Software GmbH Office","SoftMaker Software GmbH FreeOffice"],"affected":[{"vendor":"SoftMaker Software GmbH","product":"Office","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2024 / NX, revision 1214","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"SoftMaker Software GmbH","product":"FreeOffice","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2024, revision 1215","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"SoftMaker Software GmbH","product":"FreeOffice","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2021 revision 1068","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://r.sec-consult.com/softmaker","https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks","https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/5"],"weaknesses":["CWE-266"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:06:42.242Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2023/7xxx/CVE-2023-7270.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2023-7270","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2024-06-27T09:28:21.528Z","dateUpdated":"2025-02-13T17:27:05.773Z","assignerShortName":"SEC-VLab","assignerOrgId":"551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf","dateReserved":"2024-06-17T06:58:43.143Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Local Privilege Escalation via MSI installer","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"An issue was discovered in SoftMaker Office 2024 / NX before revision 1214 and SoftMaker FreeOffice 2014 before revision 1215. FreeOffice 2021 is also affected, but won't be fixed.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice MSI installer files were found to\n produce a visible conhost.exe window running as the SYSTEM user when \nusing the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows a local, \nlow-privileged attacker to use a chain of actions, to open a fully \nfunctional cmd.exe with the privileges of the SYSTEM user."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"SoftMaker Software GmbH","product":"Office","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2024 / NX, revision 1214","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"SoftMaker Software GmbH","product":"FreeOffice","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2024, revision 1215","status":"unaffected"}]},{"vendor":"SoftMaker Software GmbH","product":"FreeOffice","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2021 revision 1068","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://r.sec-consult.com/softmaker","tags":["exploit","third-party-advisory"]},{"url":"https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks","tags":["patch"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/5"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"SEC-VLab","orgId":"551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf","dateUpdated":"2024-07-04T06:06:02.598Z"},"credits":[{"lang":"en","type":"finder","value":"Michael Baer | SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab"}],"impacts":[{"capecId":"CAPEC-234","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"CAPEC-234 Hijacking a privileged process"}]}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","supportingMedia":[{"base64":false,"type":"text/html","value":"<p>The vendor provides a service pack version 1214 for SoftMaker Office 2024 and SofMaker Office NX, which can be downloaded from:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks\">https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks</a></p><p>FreeOffice 2024 revision 1215:<br><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks\">https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks</a></p><p>FreeOffice 2021 is unsupported and will not be fixed according to the vendor.</p><br>"}],"value":"The vendor provides a service pack version 1214 for SoftMaker Office 2024 and SofMaker Office NX, which can be downloaded from:\n https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks \n\nFreeOffice 2024 revision 1215:\n https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks \n\nFreeOffice 2021 is unsupported and will not be fixed according to the vendor."}],"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"x_generator":{"engine":"Vulnogram 0.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","affected":[{"vendor":"softmaker","product":"softmaker_office","defaultStatus":"unknown","versions":[{"version":"2024","status":"affected"}],"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:softmaker:softmaker_office:2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.3,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","integrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"LOW"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"timestamp":"2024-07-23T13:11:41.264519Z","id":"CVE-2023-7270","options":[{"Exploitation":"poc"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-266","type":"CWE","lang":"en","description":"CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2024-07-23T13:28:56.487Z"}},{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://r.sec-consult.com/softmaker","tags":["exploit","third-party-advisory","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks","tags":["patch","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks","tags":["patch","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/5","tags":["x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-02T08:57:35.070Z"}}]}}}