CVE-2023-38186: Windows Mobile Device Management Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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-Aug

Released

2023-08-08

Last Updated

2023-10-17

EPSS Score

1.65% (percentile: 82.0%)

FAQ

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, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Any authenticated attacker could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges.

Affected Products (12)

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 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
• Windows 11 Version 22H2 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

Security Updates (5)

• 5029250
• 5029367
• 5029253
• 5029244
• 5029263

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://github.com/marcosd4h">Marcos Oviedo</a> with <a href="https://fleetdm.com/">FleetDM</a>

Revision History

• 2023-08-08: Information published.
• 2023-10-17: Updated one or more CVSS scores for the affected products and added an FAQ explaining the vector string settings. This is an informational change only.