CVE-2023-23416CriticalCVSS 7.8

Windows Cryptographic Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
March 14, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-23416 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? For successful exploitation, a malicious certificate needs to be imported on an affected system. An attacker could upload a certificate to a service that processes or imports certificates, or an attacker could convince an authenticated user to import a certificate on their system.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution? The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

🎯 Affected products29

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5023702 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.4131 KB5023705 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1607 KB5023786 (Security Hotpatch Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1602 KB5023696 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19042.2728 KB5023698 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.1696 KB5023696 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.2728 KB5023706 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.1413 KB5023696 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.2728 KB5023713 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.19805 KB5023697 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.5786 KB5023756 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24168 KB5023752 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24168 KB5023765 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20865 KB5023764 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20865

🔗 References (18)