CVE-2023-0908Xoslab Easy File Locker xlkfs.sys MessageNotifyCallback denial of service
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 86% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Xoslab Easy File Locker 2.2.0.184. This affects the function MessageNotifyCallback in the library xlkfs.sys. The manipulation leads to denial of service. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-221457 was assigned to this vulnerability.
Public exploit
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Timeline
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Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 2.2.0.184
References
References3
- https://vuldb.com/?id.221457 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221457 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-0908 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-12896 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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