CVE-2023-21823: Microsoft Windows Graphic Component Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Microsoft Windows Graphic Component contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The Windows Graphic Component contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
- Who is affected
- Users of Microsoft Windows systems.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates for Windows.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21823
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-21823Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 92% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-21823 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Microsoft Windows Graphic
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2016-3393: Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-05-25
- criticalexploitedCVE-2017-0005: Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-05-24
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