Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-36003 is a medium-severity Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1507. Its CVSS base score is 6.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Path Interception by Unquoted Path (T1574.009); ranked in the top 14% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2023-36003 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in XAML Diagnostics, assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.7 under the vector AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H and linked to CWE-426. The flaw was published on 12 December 2023 and affects the XAML Diagnostics component.
A local attacker who already possesses low privileges can exploit the issue when user interaction occurs, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system.
Microsoft publishes mitigation and patch information for this vulnerability in its Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36003.
The associated EPSS score currently stands at 0.3857, matching its recorded peak.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-39987
Vulnerability Data
XAML Diagnostics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
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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.
Hardened configuration baselines can enforce safe search paths and restrict environment variables that enable the weakness.
Preventing execution of unauthorized code directly blocks the malicious binaries that an untrusted search path would load.
Secure development practices include avoiding or sanitizing externally influenced search paths in application code.
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.