Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-24941

Critical

Published: 09 May 2023

Published
09 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.4160 97.5th percentile
Risk Priority 45 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-24941 is a critical-severity Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2023-24941 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Windows Network File System component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 and is associated with CWE-908.

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the flaw over the network to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No user interaction or privileges are required for successful exploitation.

Microsoft has published an advisory for the issue at the referenced MSRC update guide URL that addresses mitigation steps and available updates. The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.4389 with a current value of 0.4160.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2022
all versions

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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