Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7043

Eset Endpoint Antivirus 10.1.2046.0 – 11.0.2032.0

Published
31 January 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 3.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 20th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7043 is a low-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Eset Endpoint Antivirus. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 20th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Unquoted service path in ESET products allows to drop a prepared program to a specific location and run on boot with the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService permissions.

CWE(s)
CWE-428

Related Threats

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CVE-2025-10714Shared CWE-428
CVE-2020-37101Shared CWE-428
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CVE-2025-12507Shared CWE-428

Affected Assets

eset
endpoint antivirus
10.1.2046.0 — 11.0.2032.0
eset
endpoint security
10.1.2046.0 — 11.0.2032.0
eset
internet security
16.1.14.0 — 17.0.15.0
eset
mail security
10.1.10012.0
eset
nod32 antivirus
16.1.14.0 — 17.0.15.0
eset
smart security premium
16.1.14.0 — 17.0.15.0

Mitigating Controls

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 mostly match
prevents

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.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
detects

Security testing in development can detect unquoted search-path issues before deployment.

A.8.19 Installation of software on operational systems partial match
degrades

Enforcing controlled software installation can prevent unquoted search-path elements in executables and scripts.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle practices include input validation and path handling that reduce unquoted search-path weaknesses.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
degrades

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require safe path construction and quoting conventions.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly mandate quoting search paths and avoiding unsafe path construction.

A.8.32 Change management partial match
degrades

Change-management processes can enforce review of path-handling changes that might introduce unquoted elements.

References