Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-33253

High

Published: 25 March 2026

Published
25 March 2026
Modified
25 March 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 8.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/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 0.0019 8.8th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-33253 is a high-severity Unquoted Search Path or Element (CWE-428) vulnerability in Sanyodenki (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception by Unquoted Path (T1574.009); ranked at the 8.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SANUPS SOFTWARE provided by SANYO DENKI CO., LTD. registers Windows services with unquoted file paths. A user with the write permission on the root directory of the system drive may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege.

CWE(s)
CWE-428

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1574.009 Path Interception by Unquoted Path Stealth
Adversaries may execute their own malicious payloads by hijacking vulnerable file path references.
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T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

Unquoted service path (CWE-428) directly enables path interception for SYSTEM execution; maps to privilege escalation via service abuse.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Sanyodenki
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References