oscinventory OCS Inventory NG up to 2.3.0.0 unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in oscinventory OCS Inventory NG up to 2.3.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in unquoted search path. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-53947. The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in oscinventory OCS Inventory NG up to 2.3.0.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OCS Inventory NG 2.3.0.0 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local attackers to escalate privileges to system level. Attackers can place a malicious executable in the unquoted service path and trigger the service restart to execute code with elevated system privileges.

The weakness was presented by msd0pe as 51389. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-53947 since 12/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.009.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (51389). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

12/16/2025 CVE reserved
12/19/2025 +3 days Advisory disclosed
12/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 51389
Researcher: msd0pe
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-53947 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-53947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-337668
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2025 23:03
Changes: 12/19/2025 23:03 (79)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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