CVE-2023-53949

8.5 highEPSS 0.1%

High (8.5). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AspEmail 5.6.0.2 contains a binary permission vulnerability that allows local users to escalate privileges through the Persits Software EmailAgent service. Attackers can exploit full write permissions in the BIN directory to replace the service executable and gain elevated system access.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

8.5 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

8.4 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 2% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-732
Published: 2025-12-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://www.aspemail.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51380
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/aspemail-local-privilege-escalation-via-binary-permission-vulnerability

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