Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Windows Server - CVE-2023-36790

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Windows Server - CVE-2023-36790

Published: October 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81837
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-2023-36790
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit 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 Windows RDP Encoder Mirror Driver, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2023-36790

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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