Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sysinternals Sysmon - CVE-2023-29343
Published: May 9, 2023 / Updated: June 19, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75906
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29343
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in SysInternals Sysmon for Windows, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Sysinternals Sysmon
How to mitigate CVE-2023-29343
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sysinternals Sysmon - update to 14.16.0.0