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CVE-2023-42486

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-42486 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Fortect software, stemming from a CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation by manipulating the search path. With a CVSS score of 7.8, it presents a significant risk for local users to gain full control over the system, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fortect:fortect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.4
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 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

gov.il / en/Departments/faq/cve_advisories
Third Party Advisory