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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-35380
CVE-2023-35380:
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Overview
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. The vulnerability was disclosed in August 2023 and assigned a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 HIGH (Microsoft MSRC).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue in the Windows Kernel. It received 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 (NVD).
Impact
A successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated local attacker to gain elevated system privileges (Tenable Blog).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The patches are available through the standard Windows Update mechanism (Microsoft MSRC).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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