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High MSRC-CVE-2023-21739 1 CVE

Windows Bluetooth Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jan 10, 2023 · Updated Mar 24, 2023 · Revision 2

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An authorized attacker could exploit the Windows Bluetooth driver vulnerability by programmatically running certain functions that could lead to elevation of privilege on the Bluetooth component.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

Security updates
10.0.17763.3887 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022286
10.0.19042.2486 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022282
10.0.22000.1455 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022287
10.0.22621.1105 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022303
10.0.10240.19685 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022297
10.0.14393.5648 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022289
6.3.9600.20778 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022352
6.3.9600.20778 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022346

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Revision history

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  2. #1

    Information published.

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