CVE-2023-26918 — Diasoft File Replication Pro 7

Diasoft File Replication Pro 7.5.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a legitimate file with a Trojan horse that will be executed as LocalSystem. This occurs because %ProgramFiles%\FileReplicationPro allows Everyone:(F) access.

01What is this vulnerability?

Diasoft File Replication Pro 7.5.0 allows attackers to escalate privileges by replacing a legitimate file with a Trojan horse that will be executed as LocalSystem. This occurs because %ProgramFiles%\FileReplicationPro allows Everyone:(F) access.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-07T16:01:14.420Z

09References

• www.filereplicationpro.com — https://www.filereplicationpro.com
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171879/File-Replication-Pro-7.5.0-Insecure-…