CVE-2023-36424 KEVPublic exploit High · 7.8 EPSS 12.1%
Microsoft Windows Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Microsoft · Windows
Summary
The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read in the Windows Common Log File System Driver, a component of Microsoft Windows. An attacker with local access and low-privilege credentials can exploit it without user interaction to elevate privileges on the affected system.
Official description · NVD
Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Priority scorePatchfirst’s 0 to 100 ranking. It adds points for CISA KEV listing, ransomware use, EPSS, threat reports, public exploit code and CVSS. Every CVE page shows the breakdown. Breakdown
72.7 / 100
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 1/15
How an attack unfolds
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First seen exploited 2 years after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 4 months after disclosure.
- Disclosedday 0
- Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+4 mo
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2Privilege EscalationTA0004
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1068 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited
Local privilege escalation via kernel driver flaw.
Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism T1548 Medium Confidence (technique links)How sure Patchfirst is that an ATT&CK technique applies to this CVE. High and medium links are shown by default; low ones come from early or generic mappings, text matching, or contradict the CVE’s details.
AI mapping from the description · primary impact
Elevation to higher privileges is the direct impact.
Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 55 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploitation for Privilege EscalationT106831 general rules
- Exploiting CVE-2019-1388criticalstable
- Audit CVE Eventcriticaltest
- HackTool - SysmonEOP Executioncriticaltest
- InstallerFileTakeOver LPE CVE-2021-41379 File Create Eventcriticaltest
- Possible Coin Miner CPU Priority Paramcriticaltest
- Potential CVE-2021-41379 Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- Potential SystemNightmare Exploitation Attemptcriticaltest
- Sudo Privilege Escalation CVE-2019-14287 - Builtincriticaltest
Abuse Elevation Control MechanismT154824 general rules
- Abused Debug Privilege by Arbitrary Parent Processeshightest
- COM Hijack via Sdclthightest
- Credential Dumping Attempt Via Svchosthightest
- Potential Privilege Escalation via Local Kerberos Relay over LDAPhightest
- Regedit as Trusted Installerhightest
- Vulnerable Netlogon Secure Channel Connection Allowedhightest
- Registry Hive File Staged Outside Standard User Profile Pathhighexperimental
- Linux Doas Conf File Creationmediumstable
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
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