CVE-2023-24869
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-24869 is a Remote Procedure Call Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows systems. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 14, 2023, and affects multiple versions of Windows operating systems including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server variants (NVD, Rapid7).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has identified this as an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability (CWE-190) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on affected systems, potentially gaining high levels of access to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the target system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Multiple KB updates are available for affected systems including KB5023696, KB5023697, KB5023698, KB5023702, KB5023705, KB5023706, KB5023713, KB5023752, and KB5023764 (Rapid7).

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