CVE-2023-21687: HTTP.sys Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2023-Feb

Released

2023-02-14

EPSS Score

2.92% (percentile: 86.4%)

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is the contents of Kernel memory. An attacker could read the contents of Kernel memory from a user mode process.

Affected Products (6)

Windows

• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems

Security Updates (3)

• 5022842
• 5022836
• 5022845

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/keyz3r0">k0shl</a> with <a href="https://www.cyberkl.com/">Kunlun Lab</a>

Revision History

• 2023-02-14: Information published.