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CVE-2023-32176

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32176 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VIPRE Antivirus Plus, stemming from a directory traversal flaw in the SetPrivateConfig method. This allows a low-privileged local attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges due to insufficient path validation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.0.1.203CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vipre:antivirus:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

success.vipre.com / en_US/antivirus-plus-release-notes/home-plus-release-notes-20230530
Release Notes
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-23-756
Third Party Advisory