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CVE-2023-21749:
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Overview
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2023-21749) is a security flaw that affects various Windows operating systems. The vulnerability was initially disclosed on December 13, 2022, and is part of a group of similar kernel-related vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-21675, CVE-2023-21747, CVE-2023-21748, CVE-2023-21750, CVE-2023-21754, CVE-2023-21755, CVE-2023-21772, CVE-2023-21773, and CVE-2023-21774 (MITRE CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction to exploit. The vulnerability has been classified under CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. The high CVSS score indicates that the vulnerability can potentially lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the target system (MSRC).
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