PT-2023-6159 · Microsoft · Windows

Marcin Wiazowski · Published 2023-10-10 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-36731

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, 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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06866

CVE-2023-36731

ZDI-23-1554

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36731 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-36731 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36731 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06866 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1554 · Security Note