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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Qemu
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Qemu
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-03/msg01445.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/88288c2a51faa7c795f053fc8b31b1c16ff804c5 (Patch)
- gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/07ce178a2b0768eb9e712bb5ad0cf6dc7fcf0158 (Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0005/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (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.