PT-2023-1779 · Microsoft · Defender

Abdelhamid Naceri · Published 2023-03-14 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-23389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Defender (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Defender. It is caused by synchronization errors when using a shared resource in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine module. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges in the system.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Race Condition

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-01374

CVE-2023-23389

Affected Products

Defender

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-01374 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23389 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23389 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/46142 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/59991 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/81311 · Telegram Post