Key Information about the Vulnerability Title: SOUND4 Server Service 4.1.102 Local Privilege Escalation Advisory ID: ZSL-2022-5721 Type: Local Impact: Privilege Escalation Risk: 2/5 Release Date: 14.12.2022 Summary SOUND4 Windows Server Service. Description The application suffers from an unquoted search path issue impacting the service 'SOUND4 Server' for Windows. This could potentially allow an authorized but non-privileged local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the system. A successful attempt would require the local user to be able to insert their code in the system root path undetected by the OS or other security applications where it could potentially be executed during application startup or reboot. If successful, the local user's code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application. Vendor SOUND4 Ltd. - https://www.sound4.com Affected Version 4.1.102 Tested On Windows 10 Home 64 bit (build 9200) SOUND4 Server v4.1.102 SOUND4 Remote Control v4.3.17 Vendor Status [26.09.2022] Vulnerability discovered. [30.09.2022] Vendor contacted. [13.12.2022] No response from the vendor. [14.12.2022] Public security advisory released. PoC sound4_eop.txt Credits Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko Krstic - References 1. https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170248/SOUND4-Server-Service-4.1.102-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html 2. https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022120028 3. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247953 4. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51167 5. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53965 6. https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sound-server-service-local-privilege-escalation-via-unquoted-service-path