CVE-2023-36036 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on November 14, 2023

Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by December 5, 2023: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-36036 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-2023-36036 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2023-36036

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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 1507

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-36036?