7.8

CVE-2023-25011: nec corporation pc settings tool Improper Privilege Management

Modified
Published 15-02-2023Last modified 19-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-25011 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in nec corporation pc settings tool. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2023-22369

Timeline

  1. 15-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PC settings tool Ver10.1.26.0 and earlier, PC settings tool Ver11.0.22.0 and earlier allows a attacker to write to the registry as administrator privileges with standard user privileges.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nec1 product
Nec corporation1 product
  • pc settings toolPC settings tool Ver10.1.26.0 and earlier, PC settings tool Ver11.0.22.0 and earlier.

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links