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CVE-2023-36739:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Microsoft 3D Viewer is affected by a Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-36739. The vulnerability was disclosed in September 2023 and affects Microsoft 3D Viewer application package versions prior to 7.2307.27042.0. This vulnerability is part of a set of similar issues found in Microsoft's 3D applications (Rapid7 Blog).
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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified as a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) according to Microsoft's assessment (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious code remotely on the affected system with the privileges of the compromised application (Rapid7 Blog).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should update their Microsoft 3D Viewer application to version 7.2307.27042.0 or later to protect against this vulnerability (Microsoft Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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