CVE-2023-36399: Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CVSS Vector

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

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

More Likely

Patch Tuesday

2023-Nov

Released

2023-11-14

EPSS Score

1.11% (percentile: 78.2%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to no loss of confidentiality (C:N) but have major impact on integrity (I:H) and on availability (A:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? This vulnerability does not allow disclosure of any confidential information, but could allow an attacker to delete data that could include data that results in the service being unavailable. What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

Affected Products (9)

Windows

• Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
• 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
• Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 23H2 for ARM64-based Systems

Security Updates (5)

• 5032202
• 5032198
• 5032304
• 5032192
• 5032190

Acknowledgments

Microsoft Security Response Center

Revision History

• 2023-11-14: Information published.