CVE-2023-36884HighCVSS 7.5

Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

CVE-2023-36884 →

📋 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 win a race condition.

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to high loss of confidentiality (C:H), integrity (I:H) and availability (A:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? An attacker can plant a malicious file evading Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses which can result in code execution on the victim system.

How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability? In an email or instant message attack scenario, the attacker could send the targeted user a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the remote code execution vulnerability. In any case an attacker would have no way to force a user to view attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince a user to take action. For example, an attacker could entice a user to either click a link that directs the user to the attacker's site or send a malicious attachment.

🎯 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

KB5029247 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.4737 KB5029250 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1906 KB5029367 (Security Hotpatch Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1903 KB5029253 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.2295 KB5029244 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.3324 KB5029263 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.2134 KB5029244 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19045.3324 KB5029259 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.20107 KB5029242 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.6167 KB5029318 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22216 KB5029301 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.22216 KB5029296 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26664 KB5029307 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26664 KB5029295 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24414 KB5029308 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.2.9200.24414 KB5029312 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.21503 KB5029304 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.3.9600.21503

🔗 References (25)