CVE-2023-23379 (GCVE-0-2023-23379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-14 19:32 – Updated: 2025-08-27 20:32
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Title
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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
CWE
  • CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for IoT Affected: 22.0.0 , < 22.3.6 (custom)
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Date Public ?
2023-02-14 08:00
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