PT-2023-5939 · Microsoft · Wordpad+1

Published 2023-10-10 · Updated 2023-10-13 · CVE-2023-36564

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

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

Description The issue is related to a security feature bypass in Windows Search, allowing attackers to affect the system. It is also described as a vulnerability in the Windows operating system's text editor, WordPad, which is connected to errors in security settings. This could enable a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06636

CVE-2023-36564

Affected Products

Windows

Wordpad

References · 9

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-36564 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36564 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/699802 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06636 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36564 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36564 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36564 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023101115 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71999 · Telegram Post