{"vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "sightings": [{"uuid": "a2bac0f3-30de-4286-9b2f-0210173bb6a5", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/hackingbra/41", "content": "CVE-2023-36723 Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.\n\nAn attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute code in process that is running with SYSTEM privileges by abusing SxS assembly loading.\n\n@hackingbra", "creation_timestamp": "2023-10-12T20:13:28.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "8729e609-fa56-4e49-be9f-44e5073631f5", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "Telegram/yobraZAv9Xk1qpBJsay3PGgrFQ3lFMTRTwtAyb6u0OcQ", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2023-10-22T23:28:13.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "cb454076-12c3-4856-a077-d003eb3705c0", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "https://t.me/k7ali_linux/43", "content": "CVE-2023-36723 : Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\n\nPOC : https://github.com/Wh04m1001/CVE-2023-36723", "creation_timestamp": "2023-10-11T04:13:28.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "fdd1be19-6326-4455-85e2-dfe982b79afc", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "https://t.me/CyberSecurityTechnologies/9190", "content": "#exploit\n1. CVE-2023-28229:\nWindows CNG KeyIso RPC EoP/SBX\nhttps://github.com/Y3A/CVE-2023-28229\n\n2. Polygon Smart Contract Bug\nhttps://blog.chain.link/smart-contract-bug-hunting\n\n3. CVE-2023-36723:\nPoC for arbitrary directory creation bug in Container Manager service\nhttps://github.com/Wh04m1001/CVE-2023-36723", "creation_timestamp": "2023-10-13T10:59:01.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "52d8206c-cc81-49cc-a315-47a834e95c1d", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "https://t.me/Rootsec_2/1347", "content": "#exploit\n1. CVE-2023-28229:\nWindows CNG KeyIso RPC EoP/SBX\nhttps://github.com/Y3A/CVE-2023-28229\n\n2. Polygon Smart Contract Bug\nhttps://blog.chain.link/smart-contract-bug-hunting\n\n3. CVE-2023-36723:\nPoC for arbitrary directory creation bug in Container Manager service\nhttps://github.com/Wh04m1001/CVE-2023-36723", "creation_timestamp": "2024-08-16T08:33:55.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "a8af1bad-e2d2-40f9-adb7-42fb96bef311", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/hacking_Attack/123305", "content": "Kali Linux Tutorials\nCVE-2023-36723 \u2013 Windows Sandbox Directory Creation Vulnerability\n\nThis is PoC for arbitrary directory creation bug in Container Manager service.\n\nThis PoC is not thoroughly tested so it may not even work most of the time (it was enough for msrc to confirm vulnerability).\n\nIn order to exploit this vulnerability a Windows Sandbox feature have to be installed on windows host. When Windows Sandbox feature is installed a set of directories will be created in c:\\programdata directory. \nOne of those directories is C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Containers\\BaseImages\\<guid\\BaseLayer. This directory is different as it gives authenticated users group modify permissions on all child objects.\n\n \nIf BaseLayer directory is empty or some of directories inside it are removed, next time when Windows sandbox is started, a process cmimageworker.exe will recreate those directories/files without checking for symbolic links and set DACL that allows authenticated users to modify them.\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAbNmhrGp-DVOw23bgSlxk7_kfTVZnzkbdK7xQgW9DNdEPzLLHGyfB2mDo_aZMVVuro7lTShRVoYknYBplFYRu9JnM4vJ-NA35b1Khk9y6QNCWmaCf9d-rKkkxF80QmUWdHYQXvyKuzrkwS0H6DAR2EzkRzWrigD1ydnOg3aKRodN5AtE5nFqGGKSpZfg/s16000/2.png \n\nI have create PoC that will abuse this vulnerability to create directory pwn with permissive DACL\u2019s inside c:\\windows\\system32 directory as show below:\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojnavy4kcTpMQ6PywfErnOM8pCJYndkT25svt8naLFlEWA0_k8prux6bQ5m9mo2wGxm5RBmyvsarxGVBRhJVmq_i-bGIpd7hFbGeshson4izEsTeUKIvKF23EA_-cWq_m1ljfLZYlK3QpV-IsNNvSXFBEBnkKnfgMa-r-riQYJFCumBEJ9D2U3QJcI-up/s16000/poc%20(2).webp \n\nAn attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute code in process that is running with SYSTEM privileges by abusing SxS assembly loading.", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-01T20:00:45.665904Z"}, {"uuid": "d8358aaa-da23-4df2-b3fd-b9df7df0bd93", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/hacking_Attack/123305", "content": "Kali Linux Tutorials\nCVE-2023-36723 \u2013 Windows Sandbox Directory Creation Vulnerability\n\nThis is PoC for arbitrary directory creation bug in Container Manager service.\n\nThis PoC is not thoroughly tested so it may not even work most of the time (it was enough for msrc to confirm vulnerability).\n\nIn order to exploit this vulnerability a Windows Sandbox feature have to be installed on windows host. When Windows Sandbox feature is installed a set of directories will be created in c:\\programdata directory. \nOne of those directories is C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Containers\\BaseImages\\<guid\\BaseLayer. This directory is different as it gives authenticated users group modify permissions on all child objects.\n\n \nIf BaseLayer directory is empty or some of directories inside it are removed, next time when Windows sandbox is started, a process cmimageworker.exe will recreate those directories/files without checking for symbolic links and set DACL that allows authenticated users to modify them.\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAbNmhrGp-DVOw23bgSlxk7_kfTVZnzkbdK7xQgW9DNdEPzLLHGyfB2mDo_aZMVVuro7lTShRVoYknYBplFYRu9JnM4vJ-NA35b1Khk9y6QNCWmaCf9d-rKkkxF80QmUWdHYQXvyKuzrkwS0H6DAR2EzkRzWrigD1ydnOg3aKRodN5AtE5nFqGGKSpZfg/s16000/2.png \n\nI have create PoC that will abuse this vulnerability to create directory pwn with permissive DACL\u2019s inside c:\\windows\\system32 directory as show below:\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojnavy4kcTpMQ6PywfErnOM8pCJYndkT25svt8naLFlEWA0_k8prux6bQ5m9mo2wGxm5RBmyvsarxGVBRhJVmq_i-bGIpd7hFbGeshson4izEsTeUKIvKF23EA_-cWq_m1ljfLZYlK3QpV-IsNNvSXFBEBnkKnfgMa-r-riQYJFCumBEJ9D2U3QJcI-up/s16000/poc%20(2).webp \n\nAn attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute code in process that is running with SYSTEM privileges by abusing SxS assembly loading.", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-02T01:01:05.666617Z"}, {"uuid": "684ca2c2-8229-46ab-add8-3d15eb7d9f50", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "https://t.me/hacking_Attack/123305", "content": "Kali Linux Tutorials\nCVE-2023-36723 \u2013 Windows Sandbox Directory Creation Vulnerability\n\nThis is PoC for arbitrary directory creation bug in Container Manager service.\n\nThis PoC is not thoroughly tested so it may not even work most of the time (it was enough for msrc to confirm vulnerability).\n\nIn order to exploit this vulnerability a Windows Sandbox feature have to be installed on windows host. When Windows Sandbox feature is installed a set of directories will be created in c:\\programdata directory. \nOne of those directories is C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Containers\\BaseImages\\<guid\\BaseLayer. This directory is different as it gives authenticated users group modify permissions on all child objects.\n\n \nIf BaseLayer directory is empty or some of directories inside it are removed, next time when Windows sandbox is started, a process cmimageworker.exe will recreate those directories/files without checking for symbolic links and set DACL that allows authenticated users to modify them.\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAbNmhrGp-DVOw23bgSlxk7_kfTVZnzkbdK7xQgW9DNdEPzLLHGyfB2mDo_aZMVVuro7lTShRVoYknYBplFYRu9JnM4vJ-NA35b1Khk9y6QNCWmaCf9d-rKkkxF80QmUWdHYQXvyKuzrkwS0H6DAR2EzkRzWrigD1ydnOg3aKRodN5AtE5nFqGGKSpZfg/s16000/2.png \n\nI have create PoC that will abuse this vulnerability to create directory pwn with permissive DACL\u2019s inside c:\\windows\\system32 directory as show below:\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojnavy4kcTpMQ6PywfErnOM8pCJYndkT25svt8naLFlEWA0_k8prux6bQ5m9mo2wGxm5RBmyvsarxGVBRhJVmq_i-bGIpd7hFbGeshson4izEsTeUKIvKF23EA_-cWq_m1ljfLZYlK3QpV-IsNNvSXFBEBnkKnfgMa-r-riQYJFCumBEJ9D2U3QJcI-up/s16000/poc%20(2).webp \n\nAn attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute code in process that is running with SYSTEM privileges by abusing SxS assembly loading.", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-04T02:00:04.380147Z"}, {"uuid": "3e38cd4c-8cdb-4a19-aad3-7c725f262ec2", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-36723", "type": "published-proof-of-concept", "source": "https://t.me/hacking_Attack/123305", "content": "Kali Linux Tutorials\nCVE-2023-36723 \u2013 Windows Sandbox Directory Creation Vulnerability\n\nThis is PoC for arbitrary directory creation bug in Container Manager service.\n\nThis PoC is not thoroughly tested so it may not even work most of the time (it was enough for msrc to confirm vulnerability).\n\nIn order to exploit this vulnerability a Windows Sandbox feature have to be installed on windows host. When Windows Sandbox feature is installed a set of directories will be created in c:\\programdata directory. \nOne of those directories is C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Containers\\BaseImages\\<guid\\BaseLayer. This directory is different as it gives authenticated users group modify permissions on all child objects.\n\n \nIf BaseLayer directory is empty or some of directories inside it are removed, next time when Windows sandbox is started, a process cmimageworker.exe will recreate those directories/files without checking for symbolic links and set DACL that allows authenticated users to modify them.\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAbNmhrGp-DVOw23bgSlxk7_kfTVZnzkbdK7xQgW9DNdEPzLLHGyfB2mDo_aZMVVuro7lTShRVoYknYBplFYRu9JnM4vJ-NA35b1Khk9y6QNCWmaCf9d-rKkkxF80QmUWdHYQXvyKuzrkwS0H6DAR2EzkRzWrigD1ydnOg3aKRodN5AtE5nFqGGKSpZfg/s16000/2.png \n\nI have create PoC that will abuse this vulnerability to create directory pwn with permissive DACL\u2019s inside c:\\windows\\system32 directory as show below:\n\nhttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojnavy4kcTpMQ6PywfErnOM8pCJYndkT25svt8naLFlEWA0_k8prux6bQ5m9mo2wGxm5RBmyvsarxGVBRhJVmq_i-bGIpd7hFbGeshson4izEsTeUKIvKF23EA_-cWq_m1ljfLZYlK3QpV-IsNNvSXFBEBnkKnfgMa-r-riQYJFCumBEJ9D2U3QJcI-up/s16000/poc%20(2).webp \n\nAn attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute code in process that is running with SYSTEM privileges by abusing SxS assembly loading.", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-05T01:00:43.393733Z"}]}