CVE-2023-36422 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-11-14

Score: 7.8 High

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 Defender Antimalware Platform

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.0.0.0`	affected	< 4.18.23100.2009

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-40387	Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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 0.00718.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36422

History

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:::::::*

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Defender

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-11-14T17:57:10.156Z

Updated: 2025-10-09T00:00:08.439Z

Reserved: 2023-06-21T15:14:27.785Z

Link: CVE-2023-36422

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:45:56.962Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-14T18:15:45.117

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:09:43.247

Link: CVE-2023-36422

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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