CVE-2023-21755
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-10 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 09:51
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21755
Impacted products
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1809
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 20H2
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 21H2
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 21H2
MicrosoftWindows 11 version 22H2
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 22H2
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