CVE-2023-24948: Windows Bluetooth Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.4)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2023-May
Released
2023-05-09
Last Updated
2024-05-06
EPSS Score
0.41% (percentile: 61.1%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? In order to exploit this vulnerability, the victim must pair with the attacker's Bluetooth device. What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges. According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Exploiting this vulnerability requires an attacker to be within proximity of the target system to send and receive radio transmissions. How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An authorized attacker could exploit the Windows Bluetooth driver vulnerability by programmatically running certain functions that could lead to elevation of privilege on the Bluetooth component.

Affected Products (25)

Windows

  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-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 x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

ESU

  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (9)

Acknowledgments

Anonymous with <a href="https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/">Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative</a>, Keqi Hu

Revision History

  • 2023-05-09: Information published.
  • 2024-05-06: Added an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.