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.
According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Any authenticated attacker could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges.
Security updates
10.0.17763.4499 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027222
10.0.20348.1787 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027225
10.0.20348.1784 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027319
10.0.22000.2057 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027223
10.0.19044.3086 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027215
10.0.22621.1848 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027231
10.0.10240.19983 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027230
10.0.14393.5989 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027219
6.0.6003.22113 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027279
6.0.6003.22113 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027277
6.1.7601.26564 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027275
6.1.7601.26564 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027256
6.2.9200.24314 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027283
6.2.9200.24314 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027281
6.3.9600.21013 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027271
6.3.9600.21013 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5027282
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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Information published.
References
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CVE-2023-32017 Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32017
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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