CVE-2023-33156 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-07-11

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

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.1.0.0`	affected	< 1.1.23050.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-37341	Microsoft Defender 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 0.00072.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33156

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Microsoft Malware Protection Engine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-07-11T17:03:07.979Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T20:01:16.395Z

Reserved: 2023-05-17T21:16:44.898Z

Link: CVE-2023-33156

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:39:34.979Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-11T18:15:14.850

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:05:00.117

Link: CVE-2023-33156

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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