Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. This means an attacker or victim needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.
Security updates
10.0.17763.4010 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022840
10.0.20348.1547 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022842
10.0.20348.1540 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022921
10.0.19042.2604 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022834
10.0.22621.1574 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022836
10.0.22621.1265 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022845
10.0.10240.19747 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022858
10.0.14393.5717 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022838
6.0.6003.21915 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022890
6.0.6003.21915 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022893
6.1.7601.26366 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022872
6.1.7601.26366 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022874
6.2.9200.24116 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022903
6.2.9200.24116 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022895
6.3.9600.20821 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022899
6.3.9600.20821 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5022894
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2023-21801 Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21801
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss