Infonetsoftware Mediconta 3.7.27 unquoted search path

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A vulnerability was found in Infonetsoftware Mediconta 3.7.27. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-54336. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Infonetsoftware Mediconta 3.7.27. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mediconta 3.7.27 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the servermedicontservice that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files (x86)\medicont3\ to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions during service startup.

The weakness was published by Luis Martinez as 51064. The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-54336 since 01/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1574.009 for this issue.

The exploit is available 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 (51064). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Infonetsoftware

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• Mediconta

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• 3.7.27

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