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CVE-2023-42757 Details

UNDERGOING ENRICHMENT

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Description

Process Explorer before 17.04 allows attackers to make it functionally unavailable (a denial of service for analysis) by renaming an executable file to a new extensionless 255-character name and launching it with NtCreateUserProcess. This can occur through an issue in wcscat_s error handling.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NDDVolerionCVSS-B:…Vector:This vulnerability is currently being analyzed.
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:4.2 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/MagicDot CVE
https://www.blackhat.com/asia-24/briefings/schedule/#magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces-36561 CVE
https://www.safebreach.com/blog/magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces/ CVE
https://github.com/SafeBreach-Labs/MagicDot [email protected]
https://www.blackhat.com/asia-24/briefings/schedule/#magicdot-a-hackers-magic-show-of-disappearing-dots-and-spaces-36561 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')CISA-ADP

Affected Products

This vulnerability is currently being analyzed

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-42757
NVD Published Date:
May 7, 2024
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2023-42757 Details - Not Deferred