CVE-2023-53954 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-53954

ActFax 10.10 Unquoted Path Services Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

ActFax 10.10 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially escalate privileges by exploiting the ActiveFaxServiceNT service configuration. Attackers with write permissions to Program Files directories can inject a malicious ActSrvNT.exe executable to gain elevated system access when the service restarts.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Birkan ALHAN

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ActFax
Vulnerable Versions:
10.10

Timeline

Official Publish: December 19th, 2025
Last Modified: April 7th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)