CVE-2023-36743

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Oct 10, 2023
Updated: May 29, 2024
CWE ID 416

Summary

CVE-2023-36743 is a Win32k Elevation of Privilege vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this flaw to gain administrative control over an affected system by sending a specially crafted message to a vulnerable window. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to organizations, as it can enable attackers to bypass security measures and take full control of impacted systems. Microsoft has released a security update to address this issue. It is strongly recommended that users install the patch as soon as possible to mitigate the risk.

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