Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28266

Medium

Published: 11 April 2023

Published
11 April 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0228 85.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28266 is a medium-severity Buffer Over-read (CWE-126) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The vulnerability is an information disclosure flaw in the Windows Common Log File System Driver, tracked as CVE-2023-28266 with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5. It stems from improper handling that can expose sensitive data and is associated with CWE-126.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue without user interaction to read arbitrary information from the affected driver. The attack requires local access and does not impact integrity or availability.

Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability in its Security Response Center update guide, including details on available patches and mitigations for supported Windows versions. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.0633 before receding to its current value of 0.0228.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Common Log File System Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.19869
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.5850
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.4252
microsoft
windows 10 20h2
≤ 10.0.19042.2846
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.2846
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.2846
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.1817
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.1555
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
+3 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

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

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