PT-2023-5920 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2023-10-10 · Updated 2023-10-13 · CVE-2023-36557

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the PrintHTML API implementation in Windows operating systems. This can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted file. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and affect the system.

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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06616

CVE-2023-36557

Affected Products

Windows

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/699796 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-36557 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36557 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36557 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06616 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023101102 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/59434 · Telegram Post