CVE-2023-53984

8.5 highEPSS 0.2%

High (8.5). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Clevo HotKey Clipboard 2.1.0.6 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the HKClipSvc service that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with system privileges. Attackers can exploit the misconfigured service path to inject and execute arbitrary code by placing malicious executables in specific file system locations.

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: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-428
Published: 2026-01-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20200713203236/https://www.clevo.com.tw/index-en.asp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51206
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hotkey-clipboard-privilege-escalation-unquoted-service-path

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