Medium severity · published Feb 14, 2023
CVE-2023-21721
Microsoft OneNote Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ON
Onenote · Microsoft
before 16.0.16026.20158 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21721
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21721
Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21721
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