Reliability Analysis Metrics Calculation (RacTask) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could create or delete files in the security context of the “NT AUTHORITY\ LOCAL SERVICE” account.
According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability does not impact confidentiality (C:N) but has major impact on integrity (I:H) and availability (A:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability cannot access existing files (C:N) but can write or overwrite file contents (I:H), which potentially may cause the system to become unavailable (A:H).
🎯 Affected products2
- 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)
✅ Remediation
KB5029296 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26664 KB5029307 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26664
🔗 References (5)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36876
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5029296
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5029296
- patchhttps://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=KB5029307
- referencehttps://support.microsoft.com/help/5029307