CVE-2023-23379 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00115.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Defender For Iot

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_iot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27479	Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23379

History

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_iot:-:::::::*

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-02-14T19:32:58.600Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T20:32:52.988Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T22:08:03.134Z

Link: CVE-2023-23379

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:28:40.847Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-14T20:15:17.143

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:04.313

Link: CVE-2023-23379

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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