Security Resilience

CVE-2023-53965

Sound4 Impact Firmware 4.1.102

Public PoC
Published
22 December 2025
Modified
29 January 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 8.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0024 14th percentile
Risk Priority 36 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-53965 is a high-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Sound4 Impact Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique LSASS Memory (T1003.001); ranked at the 14th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

SOUND4 Server Service 4.1.102 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability that allows local non-privileged users to potentially execute code with elevated system privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted binary path by inserting malicious code in the system root path that…

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could execute with LocalSystem privileges during service startup.

CWE(s)
CWE-428

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1003.001 LSASS Memory Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credential material stored in the process memory of the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).
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T1003.002 Security Account Manager Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to extract credential material from the Security Account Manager (SAM) database either through in-memory techniques or through the Windows Registry where the SAM database is stored.
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T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
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T1007 System Service Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.
attack.mitre.org →
T1011 Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium Exfiltration
Adversaries may attempt to exfiltrate data over a different network medium than the command and control channel.
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T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-53955Same product: Sound4 First
CVE-2023-53962Same product: Sound4 First
CVE-2023-53961Same product: Sound4 First
CVE-2023-53960Same product: Sound4 First
CVE-2023-53963Same product: Sound4 First
CVE-2023-53964Same product: Sound4 First
CVE-2025-8070Shared CWE-428
CVE-2019-25267Shared CWE-428
CVE-2026-9128Shared CWE-428
CVE-2023-3842Shared CWE-428

Affected Assets

sound4
impact firmware
4.1.102
sound4
pulse firmware
4.1.102
sound4
first firmware
4.1.102
sound4
impact eco firmware
4.1.102
sound4
pulse eco firmware
4.1.102
sound4
big voice firmware
4.1.102
sound4
voice ula2 firmware
4.1.102
sound4
voice ula4 firmware
4.1.102
sound4
voice ula8 firmware
4.1.102
sound4
ip connect firmware
4.1.102
+5 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation good match

Developer testing and evaluation can discover unquoted search paths through static analysis or dynamic test cases.

SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools partial match

Documented development standards and tools can mandate proper quoting and escaping of path elements.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

Engineering principles can require safe construction and quoting of search paths and command elements.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 partial match
blocks

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent path-handling flaws such as unquoted elements during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
removes
A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.5.4 Management responsibilities partial match
removes

References