PT-2023-6161

CVE-2023-36594

Published

2023-10-10

Updated

2024-05-29

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.8

High

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows Graphics Component (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Component, which is caused by insufficient access restrictions. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is also described as a type confusion local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impacts

Researchers

Marcin Wiazowski

Quan Jin

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-843: Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (\'Type Confusion\')

CWE-264

Related identifiers

CVE-2023-36594