CVE-2023-29059 (GCVE-0-2023-29059)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-30 00:00
Modified
2025-05-05 16:01
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
3CX DesktopApp through 18.12.416 has embedded malicious code, as exploited in the wild in March 2023. This affects versions 18.12.407 and 18.12.416 of the 3CX DesktopApp Electron Windows application shipped in Update 7, and versions 18.11.1213, 18.12.402, 18.12.407, and 18.12.416 of the 3CX DesktopApp Electron macOS application.
References
cve@mitre.org https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/506.html Technical Description
cve@mitre.org https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/03/29/3cx-dll-sideloading-attack/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.3cx.com/blog/news/desktopapp-security-alert/ Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-detects-and-prevents-active-intrusion-campaign-targeting-3cxdesktopapp-customers/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/3cx-desktop-app-compromised Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://www.huntress.com/blog/3cx-voip-software-compromise-supply-chain-threats Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/506.html Technical Description
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/03/29/3cx-dll-sideloading-attack/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.3cx.com/blog/news/desktopapp-security-alert/ Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-detects-and-prevents-active-intrusion-campaign-targeting-3cxdesktopapp-customers/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/3cx-desktop-app-compromised Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.huntress.com/blog/3cx-voip-software-compromise-supply-chain-threats Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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