CVE-2023-38351
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMiniTool Partition Wizard 12.8 contains an insecure installation mechanism that allows attackers to achieve remote code execution through a man in the middle attack.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMiniTool Partition Wizard 12.8 has an insecure installation mechanism that does not properly protect against man-in-the-middle attacks, allowing attackers to intercept and modify the installer to inject malicious code, resulting in remote code execution on victim systems.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 12.8CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed MiniTool Partition Wizard versionOpen Control Panel > Programs and Features, or right-click the installed application executable and select Properties > Details to view the version. Alternatively, run the application and check Help > About.Affected if The installed version is exactly 12.8
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Verify installer download source protocolCheck your browser download history, email attachments, or installation logs to determine whether the installer was downloaded over HTTP (insecure) or HTTPS (secure). Inspect the original download URL or refer to your download records.Affected if The installer was downloaded from an HTTP URL rather than HTTPS, or from an untrusted mirror without TLS protection
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Verify code signing on the installed executableNavigate to the installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\MiniTool\PartitionWizard or C:\Program Files (x86)\MiniTool\PartitionWizard), right-click the main executable (partitionwizard.exe), select Properties, and inspect the Digital Signatures tab.Affected if The executable lacks a valid digital signature or shows a signature from an untrusted publisher
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Check installer checksum integrityIf you retain the original installer file, compute its SHA-256 or MD5 hash using certutil -hashfile installerfilename sha256 and compare it against an officially published checksum from the vendor's website.Affected if No official checksum is available from the vendor, or the computed hash does not match a published value
A user is affected if MiniTool Partition Wizard version 12.8 was installed via an insecure (non-HTTPS) download channel, or if the installed executable lacks valid code signing and no installer checksum verification was performed.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataEnsure all download and installation channels use HTTPS with proper TLS certificate validation, implement code signing verification for installers, and consider adding checksum validation within the installer itself.
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-38351 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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