CVE-2023-54338

HIGH

Tftpd32 SE 4.60 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-54338. PoCs published by Ismael Nava.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Tftpd32_SE 4.60. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation due to the service path containing spaces and not being enclosed in quotes.

Description

Tftpd32 SE 4.60 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in the service configuration to inject malicious executables that will be run with system-level permissions.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Ismael Nava · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51076

This is a writeup detailing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Tftpd32_SE 4.60. The vulnerability allows local privilege escalation due to the service path containing spaces and not being enclosed in quotes.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Tftpd32_SE 4.60
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to the directory containing the executable
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/51076
Various Sources product
https://pjo2.github.io/tftpd64/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
Pjo2/Tftpd32_SE 4.60
Published Jan 13, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026