Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-35328

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2

Published
11 July 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0043 35th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-35328 is a high-severity Numeric Truncation Error (CWE-197) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 35th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Windows Transaction Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CWE(s)
CWE-197NVD-CWE-noinfo

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
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T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

microsoft
windows 10 1507
≤ 10.0.10240.20048
microsoft
windows 10 1607
≤ 10.0.14393.6085
microsoft
windows 10 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.4645
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19041.3208
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.3208
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.2176
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.1992
microsoft
windows server 2008
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2012
all versions, r2
microsoft
windows server 2016
all versions
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent truncation errors via reviews, static analysis, and safe type handling.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect truncation bugs through static analysis and fuzzing.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates practices that can catch numeric truncation during design and code review.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
degrades

Application security requirements can specify safe numeric handling and data-type constraints.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
degrades

Secure architecture principles include choosing appropriate data types and avoiding unsafe casts.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly prohibit unsafe narrowing conversions and truncation.

References