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CVE-2023-36025: Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2023-36025 · Severity: critical · CVSS 8.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2023-11-14

Technologies: Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2022, Microsoft Windows 11, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows 10. Vendors: Microsoft.

Executive brief

Microsoft Windows SmartScreen contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to circumvent security checks and prompts. Exploitation requires a user to interact with a specially crafted malicious link or file.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 1507, 1607, 1809, 21H2, 22H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 21H2, 22H2, 23H2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 up to (excluding) 10.0.14393.6452
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 up to (excluding) 10.0.17763.5122
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 up to (excluding) 10.0.20348.2113

Timeline

  • 2023-11-14: disclosed
  • 2023-11-14: patched
  • 2023-11-14: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2023-11-14: exploited: Reported as exploited in the wild at time of publication.

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