CVE-2023-7270
MEDIUMSoftMaker Office/FreOffice <1214 - Local Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources exploit
third-party-advisory
https://r.sec-consult.com/softmaker
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/5
Various Sources patch
https://softmaker.de/download/servicepacks
Various Sources patch
https://www.freeoffice.com/de/download/servicepacks
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
23.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-266
Status
published
Products (3)
SoftMaker Software GmbH/FreeOffice
2021 revision 1068
SoftMaker Software GmbH/FreeOffice
2024, revision 1215
SoftMaker Software GmbH/Office
2024 / NX, revision 1214
Published
Jun 27, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026