PT-2023-5570 · Microsoft · Windows Kernel+1

Mateusz Jurczyk · CVE-2023-38154 · Published 2023-08-08 · Updated 2025-01-01

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CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Windows operating system kernel, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. This allows an attacker to affect the system.

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

LPE

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06221

CVE-2023-38154

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Kernel

References · 11

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-38154 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-38154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06221 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38154 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023080886 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1689198244654444544 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1688971801534275584 · Twitter Post
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174568/Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Recovery-Memory-Corruption.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57846 · Telegram Post