CVE-2023-28229 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on April 11, 2023


Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Windows CNG Key Isolation Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG) Key Isolation Service contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain specific limited SYSTEM privileges.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by October 25, 2023: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-28229 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.0 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-28229
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What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-28229?
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version r2 sp1 x64
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Version r2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Version -
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Version - sp2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Version -
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Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Version -
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Version -
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Microsoft Windows 10 20h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.19042.2846
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Microsoft Windows 11 21h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.22000.1817
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Microsoft Windows 10 21h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.19044.2846
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Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.22621.1555
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Microsoft Windows 10 22h2 Fixed in Version 10.0.19045.2846
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Microsoft Windows 10 1809 Fixed in Version 10.0.17763.4252
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Microsoft Windows 10 1607 Fixed in Version 10.0.14393.5850
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Microsoft Windows 10 1507 Fixed in Version 10.0.10240.19869