What is CVE-2023-28221?

CVE-2023-28221 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2023-28221 cover?

CVE-2023-28221 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2023-28221. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2023-28221?

CVE-2023-28221 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2023-28221?

CVE-2023-28221 affects 25 products, including: 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; and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

CVE-2023-28221HighCVSS 7.0

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

April 11, 2023

Last Modified

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📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to locate a machine with rare, seldom used, non-default telemetry settings and wait for a bug check to be initiated on the target machine.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

🎯 Affected products25

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 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

KB5025229 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.4252 KB5025230 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1668 KB5025221 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19042.2846 KB5025224 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.1817 KB5025221 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.2846 KB5025239 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.1555 KB5025221 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.2846 KB5025234 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.19869 KB5025228 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.5850

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📋 Description

🎯 Affected products25

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (13)