CVE-2023-38163 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Windows Defender Attack Surface Reduction Security Feature Bypass

Published: 2023-09-12

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

Microsoft Defender Security Intelligence Updates

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 1.391.1332.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_security_intelligence_updates:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-41988	Windows Defender Attack Surface Reduction Security Feature Bypass

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00368.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38163

History

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint_Security_Intelligence_Updates:-:::::-::
Vendors & Products	Microsoft defender For Endpoint Security Intelligence Updates

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Defender Security Intelligence Updates

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-09-12T16:58:36.543Z

Updated: 2025-10-30T18:18:18.401Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T23:41:45.862Z

Link: CVE-2023-38163

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:14.064Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-12T17:15:23.840

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:12:59.580

Link: CVE-2023-38163

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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