CVE-2023-53954

MEDIUM

ActFax 10.10 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-53954. PoCs published by Birkan ALHAN.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in ActFax 10.10, where an attacker with write privileges to specific directories can escalate privileges by injecting a malicious executable. The document provides discovery methods and exploitation steps but does not include functional exploit code.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Birkan ALHAN · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51332

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in ActFax 10.10, where an attacker with write privileges to specific directories can escalate privileges by injecting a malicious executable. The document provides discovery methods and exploitation steps but does not include functional exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: ActFax 10.10, Build 0551
Auth required
Prerequisites: Write access to 'C:\Program Files\ActiveFax' or 'C:\' · Ability to restart the ActiveFaxServiceNT service
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51332
Various Sources product
https://www.actfax.com

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
Actfax/ActFax 10.10
Published Dec 19, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026