High severity · published Aug 8, 2023
CVE-2023-38175
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WD
Windows Defender · Microsoft
before 1.1.23060.3001 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38175
Patch
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38175
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