High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-34642

Description

KioWare for Windows through v8.33 was discovered to contain an incomplete blacklist filter for blocked dialog boxes on Windows 10. This issue can allow attackers to open a file dialog box via the function showDirectoryPicker() which can then be used to open an unprivileged command prompt.

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Affected products

KioWare/KioWare for Windowsllm-fuzzy
Range: <=8.33
KioWare/KioWarellm-fuzzy
Range: <=8.33

Patches

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References

github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/TBD-KIOWARE-002nvdBroken Link
www.kioware.com/versionhistory.aspxnvdRelease Notes
github.com/huntergregal/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2023-34642nvd

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