CVE-2023-32179 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting VIPRE Antivirus Plus. It allows a low-privileged attacker to escalate to SYSTEM privileges by exploiting a symbolic link vulnerability within the FPQuarTransfer method, enabling arbitrary file deletion. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this flaw requires local code execution but can lead to full system compromise. Currently, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.0.1.203CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vipre:antivirus:*:*:*:*:plus:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.