Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2023-0664
A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.
EPSS: 0.003 (22.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Qemu
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- N/a Qemu — versions unknown
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-0664?
- CVE-2023-0664 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-03-29.
- How severe is CVE-2023-0664?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.