PT-2023-6131 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2023-10-10 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-36743

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Win32k component of the Windows operating system. This can allow an attacker to elevate their privileges.

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

LPE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06837

CVE-2023-36743

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36743 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-36743 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36743 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06837 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36743 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36743 · Vendor Advisory