PT-2023-2461 · Microsoft · Windows Ancillary Function Driver For Winsock+1

Junoh Lee · Published 2023-04-11 · Updated 2024-06-02 · CVE-2023-28218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to synchronization errors when using a shared resource, specifically a "race condition" situation. This can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. There is an estimated elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that affects the system.

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

Exploit

LPE

Race Condition

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-02251

CVE-2023-28218

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Ancillary Function Driver For Winsock

References · 12

• 🔥 https://github.com/MzHmO/Exploit-Street/tree/main/2023/CVE-2023-28218 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28218 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28218 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-28218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-02251 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023041187 · Note
• https://twitter.com/peteribi/status/1731853595333566521 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CoreSecurity/status/1755613054073770052 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/48046 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/ckure/14172 · Telegram Post