CVE-2023-21756

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jul 11, 2023
Updated: May 29, 2024
CWE ID 416

Summary

CVE-2023-21756 is a Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that affects multiple products, including pE-qzw, pE-qzy, and pE-qzz. The vulnerability has a base severity of HIGH, with a base score of 7.8. It requires low privileges and has no user interaction, but it poses a potential danger to organizations as it can lead to unauthorized elevation of privileges. The vulnerability has an exploitability score of 1.8 and an impact score of 5.9. It has a local attack vector and can result in high integrity and confidentiality impacts. The vulnerability is related to CWE-416 (Use After Free) and has not been changed in scope. Microsoft is the source of this information.

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