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    CVE-2023-29059

    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.

    Published:Mar 30, 2023
    Last Modified:May 5, 2025
    EPS:Mar 30, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.0024
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    3cx
    Product
    3cx

    Exploits

    https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/03/29/3cx-dll-sideloading-attack/https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-detects-and-prevents-active-intrusion-campaign-targeting-3cxdesktopapp-customers/https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/3cx-desktop-app-compromisedhttps://www.huntress.com/blog/3cx-voip-software-compromise-supply-chain-threatshttps://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/03/29/3cx-dll-sideloading-attack/https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-detects-and-prevents-active-intrusion-campaign-targeting-3cxdesktopapp-customers/https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/3cx-desktop-app-compromisedhttps://www.huntress.com/blog/3cx-voip-software-compromise-supply-chain-threats

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/506.html
    https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/03/29/3cx-dll-sideloading-attack/
    https://www.3cx.com/blog/news/desktopapp-security-alert/
    https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-detects-and-prevents-active-intrusion-campaign-targeting-3cxdesktopapp-customers/
    https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/3cx-desktop-app-compromised
    https://www.huntress.com/blog/3cx-voip-software-compromise-supply-chain-threats
    https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/506.html
    https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2023/03/29/3cx-dll-sideloading-attack/
    https://www.3cx.com/blog/news/desktopapp-security-alert/
    https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/crowdstrike-detects-and-prevents-active-intrusion-campaign-targeting-3cxdesktopapp-customers/
    https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/3cx-desktop-app-compromised
    https://www.huntress.com/blog/3cx-voip-software-compromise-supply-chain-threats

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High