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High MSRC-CVE-2023-21772 1 CVE

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jan 10, 2023 · Updated Jun 30, 2023 · Revision 2

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

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

Details

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
10.0.20348.1487 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022291
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
6.1.7601.26321 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022338
6.1.7601.26321 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022339
6.3.9600.20778 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022352
6.3.9600.20778 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022346
6.0.6003.21872 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022340
6.0.6003.21872 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022353
6.2.9200.24075 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022348
6.2.9200.24075 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022343

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #2

    To address a known issue when after installing the February 14, 2023, security updates for .NET Framework and .NET, users may have experienced issues with how WPF-based applications render XPS documents, Microsoft has released the June 2023 security updates for .NET Framework and for .NET. We recommend that customers install the June 2023 updates. Please note that if you used any workaround or mitigations for this issue, they are no longer needed, and we recommend you remove them. To remove either of the workarounds see the instructions for removal in the "Alternative Workaround" section of [KB5022083 Change in how WPF-based applications render XPS documents](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5022083-change-in-how-wpf-based-applications-render-xps-documents-a4ae4fa4-bc58-4c37-acdd-5eebc4e34556).

  2. #1

    Information published.

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