CVE-2023-34642

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in kioware kioware. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

KioWare for Windows through v8.33 was discovered to contain an incomplete blacklist filter for blocked dialog boxes on Windows 10. This issue can allow attackers to open a file dialog box via the function showDirectoryPicker() which can then be used to open an unprivileged command prompt.

Severity

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2023-06-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

kioware:kioware

References

https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642
https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002
https://www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspx?pid=15
https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642
https://github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002

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