CVE-2023-21684
Published: 14 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-21684 is a high-severity Wrap or Wraparound (CWE-191) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2023-21684 is a remote code execution issue in the Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver. It is rated 8.8 under CVSS 3.1 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H and is linked to CWE-191.
An attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw over a network connection without requiring user interaction, resulting in full impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.
Microsoft has published advisory and patch information for the vulnerability at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21684. The EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1506 with no material rise observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-25851
Vulnerability details
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.