PT-2023-2465 · Microsoft · Windows

K0Shl · Published 2023-04-11 · Updated 2025-10-21 · CVE-2023-28229

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 Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows CNG Key Isolation Service. This vulnerability is caused by synchronization errors when using a shared resource. Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability can be exploited by winning a race condition, which allows the loading of arbitrary DLLs in the lsass process, ultimately leading to an AppContainer sandbox escape. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

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

Exploit

LPE

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-591

CWE-362

CWE-662

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-02255

CVE-2023-28229

Affected Products

Windows

References · 40

• 🔥 https://github.com/MzHmO/Exploit-Street/tree/main/2023/CVE-2023-28229 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/Y3A/CVE-2023-28229 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/pxcs/CrackKeyIso · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/byt3n33dl3/CrackKeyIso · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28229 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-02255 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28229 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28229 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28229 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-28229 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/90567 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/catnap707/status/1710033782034878905 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fridaysecurity/status/1698628916590555512 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1698628826702442725 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/parad0xch3f/status/1735729126693277711 · Twitter Post