CVE-2023-7270

Local Privilege Escalation via MSI installer

Published Jun 27, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.





The SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice MSI installer files were found to
produce a visible conhost.exe window running as the SYSTEM user when
using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows a local,
low-privileged attacker to use a chain of actions, to open a fully
functional cmd.exe with the privileges of the SYSTEM user.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

The vendor provides a service pack version 1214 for SoftMaker Office 2024 and SofMaker Office NX, which can be downloaded from: https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks FreeOffice 2024 revision 1215: https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks FreeOffice 2021 is unsupported and will not be fixed according to the vendor.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-59660 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. The SoftMaker Office and FreeOffice MSI installer files were found to produce a visible conhost.exe window running as the SYSTEM user when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows a local, low-privileged attacker to use a chain of actions, to open a fully functional cmd.exe with the privileges of the SYSTEM user.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Softmaker
Softmaker softmaker Office
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:softmaker:softmaker_office:2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Softmaker
Softmaker softmaker Office
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
SEC-VLab
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 5:27 PM
Reserved
Jun 17, 2024, 6:58 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 27, 2024, 10:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:52 AM