Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36427

High

Published: 14 November 2023

Published
14 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1050 93.4th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-36427 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809. Its CVSS base score is 7.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Windows Hyper-V contains an elevation of privilege vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-36427. The flaw affects the Hyper-V hypervisor component in supported Windows systems and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.0, reflecting local attack vector, high attack complexity, low required privileges, and no user interaction.

A local attacker with low privileges can exploit the issue to obtain higher privileges on the host, potentially resulting in full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system. The high complexity rating indicates that successful exploitation requires specific conditions or additional steps beyond simple access.

Microsoft has published guidance for the vulnerability through its Security Response Center at the listed advisory URLs. The current EPSS score of 0.1050 matches its recorded peak, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation interest since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows Hyper-V 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 1809
≤ 10.0.17763.5122
microsoft
windows 10 21h2
≤ 10.0.19041.3693
microsoft
windows 10 22h2
≤ 10.0.19045.3693
microsoft
windows 11 21h2
≤ 10.0.22000.2600
microsoft
windows 11 22h2
≤ 10.0.22621.2715
microsoft
windows 11 23h2
≤ 10.0.22631.2715
microsoft
windows server 2019
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2022
all versions
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.531

Mitigating Controls

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

References