CVE-2023-24865
Published: 14 March 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-24865 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-24865 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 and is associated with CWE-20.
An attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw over a network without user interaction to obtain sensitive information from the affected driver component. The attack requires no special conditions beyond network reachability and valid low-privileged credentials.
Microsoft has published mitigation guidance in its Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24865. The EPSS score has remained flat at a peak of 0.1832 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28855
Vulnerability details
Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.