CVE-2023-29366HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Geolocation Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
June 13, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-29366 →

📋 Description

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. For example, when the score indicates that the Attack Vector is Local and User Interaction is Required, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? An attacker must send the user a malicious file and convince them to open it.

🎯 Affected products12

  • 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 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 2022
  • Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB5027225 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1787 KB5027319 (Security Hotpatch Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1784 KB5027223 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2057 KB5027215 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.3086 KB5027231 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.1848 KB5027215 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.3086

🔗 References (11)