CVE-2023-38353
Published: 19 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-38353 is a medium-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Minitool Power Data Recovery. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 40.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-42170
Vulnerability details
MiniTool Power Data Recovery version 11.6 and before contains an insecure in-app payment system that allows attackers to steal highly sensitive information through a man in the middle attack.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.
Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.
Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.