CVE-2023-28218 Public exploit High · 7.0 EPSS 12.4%
Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
Summary
The Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 contains an elevation of privilege flaw, classified as a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker with local access and low-privilege credentials can exploit it, with high attack complexity and no user interaction required, to gain elevated privileges on the affected system.
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64.1 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 0/15
Exploitation timelineDated milestones for a CVE: when it was disclosed, when exploit code became public, when exploitation was confirmed, and when threat reports named it.
First seen exploited 23 months after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 51 days after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+51 days
- First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+23 mo
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No techniques linkedNo ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.