microsoft windows-server-2008 CVE-2023-28252 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on April 11, 2023

Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 2, 2023: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-28252 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?

The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.

CVE-2023-28252 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-28252

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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
 
Microsoft Windows 10
 
Microsoft Windows 11
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1507
 

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-28252?