CVE-2023-36905HighCVSS 5.5

Windows Wireless Wide Area Network Service (WwanSvc) Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
August 8, 2023
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-36905 →

📋 Description

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.

According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Any authenticated attacker could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain application level execution rights to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability to disclose information (AV:L). Alternatively, an attacker could gain access by convincing a local user to open a malicious file. The attacker would have to convince the user to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open a specially crafted file.

🎯 Affected products21

  • 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)

✅ Remediation

KB5029247 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.4737 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

🔗 References (13)