CVE-2023-36874HighCVSS 7.8

Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
July 11, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-36874 →

📋 Description

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

According to the CVSS metrics, the attack vector is local (AV:L) and privilege required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An attacker must have local access to the targeted machine and must be able to create folders and performance traces on the machine, with restricted privileges that normal users have by default.

🎯 Affected products33

  • 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 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • 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
  • +3 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB5028168 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.4645 KB5028171 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1850 KB5028182 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2176 KB5028166 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.3208 KB5028185 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.1992 KB5028166 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.3208 KB5028186 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20048 KB5028169 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.6085 KB5028222 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22175 KB5028226 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22175 KB5028240 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26623 KB5028232 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24374 KB5028233 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24374 KB5028228 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.21063 KB5028223 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.3.9600.21075

🔗 References (23)