CVE-2023-29343 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SysInternals Sysmon for Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-05-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 18.2% Moderate

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 Sysmon

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0`	affected	< 14.16

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_sysmon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

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 0.18158.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29343

History

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_sysmon:14.16:::::::*

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Sysmon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-05-09T17:03:05.703Z

Updated: 2025-07-10T16:39:02.843Z

Reserved: 2023-04-04T22:34:18.381Z

Link: CVE-2023-29343

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:07:45.554Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-09T18:15:14.087

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:56:53.787

Link: CVE-2023-29343

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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