CVE-2023-38175 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows Defender

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38175

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:-:::::::*

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-08-08T17:08:42.860Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T21:07:35.302Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T23:41:45.863Z

Link: CVE-2023-38175

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:14.078Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-08T18:15:22.520

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:01.010

Link: CVE-2023-38175

Redhat

No data.

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