Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-35630

CVE-2023-35630:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-35630, was discovered and disclosed on December 12, 2023. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has classified this as a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-122) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability poses significant security risks as it allows for remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS scoring indicates that successful exploitation could result in complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected systems. Updates are available for Windows 10 (versions 1507 through 22H2), Windows 11 (21H2 through 23H2), and Windows Server versions (2012 through 2022) (Microsoft).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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