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CVE-2023-21685:
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Overview
Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-21685) was disclosed in February 2023. This vulnerability affects various versions of Microsoft Windows systems including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server installations. The vulnerability was assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been classified with a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating it is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Multiple KB updates are available for affected systems including KB5022834, KB5022836, KB5022838, KB5022840, KB5022842, and KB5022845 among others (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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