What is CVE-2023-2679?

CVE-2023-2679 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2023-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-2679?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2023-2679

Data leakage in Adobe connector in Snow Software SPE 9.27.0 on Windows allows privileged user to observe other users data.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2023-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

community.snowsoftware.com/s/feed/0D56M00009Ex9dySAB (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2679?: CVE-2023-2679 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2023-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-2679?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.