Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker on the same subnet as the target system would need to send a specially crafted packet to a server configured as a Network Load Balancing cluster host.
According to the CVSS score, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
This attack is limited to systems connected to the same network segment as the attacker. The attack cannot be performed across multiple networks (for example, a WAN) and would be limited to systems on the same network switch or virtual network.
Security updates
10.0.17763.4252 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025229
10.0.20348.1668 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025230
10.0.14393.5850 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025228
6.0.6003.22015 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025271
6.0.6003.22015 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025273
6.1.7601.26466 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025279
6.1.7601.26466 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025277
6.2.9200.24216 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025287
6.2.9200.24216 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025272
6.3.9600.20919 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025285
6.3.9600.20919 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5025288
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Windows Network Load Balancing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Network Load Balancing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2023-28240 Windows Network Load Balancing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28240
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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