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CVE-2023-21674 — Microsoft Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2023-21674 · CWE: CWE-416

CVE-2023-21674: Microsoft Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Microsoft
Product Windows
Date added 2023-01-10
Due date 2023-01-31
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

Microsoft Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21674; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21674

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-416. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21674
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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