Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-28297

High

Published: 11 April 2023

Published
11 April 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0461 89.5th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-28297 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2012. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 10.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Remote Procedure Call Service (RPCSS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.5648
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.3887
microsoft
windows 10 20h2
≤ 10.0.19042.2486
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19044.2486
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.2486
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.1105
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

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References