CVE-2023-36557HighCVSS 7.8

PrintHTML API Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
October 10, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-36557 →

📋 Description

How could an attacker successfully exploit this vulnerability? An attacker could successfully exploit this vulnerability by invoking the PrintHTML API from a locally running application (or by tricking a user into doing so) which could allow the attacker to launch an app via application protocols without prompting the user.

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.

🎯 Affected products23

  • 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 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

KB5031354 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.2428 KB5031356 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.3570 KB5031364 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.2031 KB5031356 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19041.3570 KB5031358 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2538 KB5031361 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.4974 KB5031377 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20232 KB5031362 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.6351

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