CVE-2023-21725 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-01-10

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0.0`	affected	< 5.109.19957.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_malicious_software_removal_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25892	Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00194.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21725

History

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-01T00:35:49.484Z

Reserved: 2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-21725

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:51:49.434Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-10T22:15:16.997

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:43:30.890

Link: CVE-2023-21725

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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