CVE-2023-39985
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 · unedited** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Hitachi EH-VIEW (Designer) allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitray code on affected EH-VIEW installations. User interaction is required to exploit the vulnerabilities in that the user must open a malicious file. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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 confidenceOut-of-bounds write vulnerability in Hitachi EH-VIEW Designer allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious file that must be opened by the victim. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects only discontinued, unsupported versions of the product.
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 dataall versionsCVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 if Hitachi EH-VIEW Designer is installedLook for the application in the system program files directory, or search for executables named 'EH-VIEW Designer', 'ehview', or similar variants using the system file search feature or command line tools like 'dir' or 'Get-ChildItem'Affected if The application directory or executable exists on the system
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Verify the product is the specific EH-VIEW Designer applicationCheck the application name and metadata (right-click on executable, select Properties, view Version tab) to confirm it is Hitachi EH-VIEW Designer and not another Hitachi productAffected if The installed product is specifically Hitachi EH-VIEW Designer or EH-VIEW
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Confirm the product is a discontinued versionSince the vendor has stated all versions are discontinued and unsupported, any installation found is automatically a discontinued version. Check if the product appears in Windows Add/Remove Programs or the registry uninstall keysAffected if The product appears in installed programs as a discontinued or unsupported version
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Assess user interaction risk for malicious file handlingDetermine if the system user profile has permissions to open or import files within the EH-VIEW Designer application. The vulnerability is triggered when a victim opens a malicious file, so check if file import/open functionality is accessibleAffected if Users can open or import files within the application, creating an attack vector for malicious file handling
If Hitachi EH-VIEW Designer is installed on the system, the environment is affected since all versions of this discontinued product contain the vulnerability and require user interaction (opening a malicious file) for exploitation.
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 dataSince the product is no longer supported, no vendor patch is available. Organizations should migrate to supported alternatives or implement compensating controls such as restricting file handling permissions, network segmentation, and user training to avoid opening untrusted files.
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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-2023-39985 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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