CVE-2023-36884

HIGHCVSS 7.5Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36884; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36884

Remediation deadline: August 29, 2023

Ransomware use: Known

Description

Microsoft Windows Search contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an attacker to evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses via a specially crafted malicious file, leading to remote code execution.

Timeline

Published:July 11th, 2023 7:15 PM

Last modified:August 10th, 2026 4:18 PM

Added to KEV:July 17th, 2023

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

microsoft

Products

windows_10_1507windows_10_1607windows_10_1809windows_10_21h2windows_10_22h2windows_11_21h2windows_11_22h2windows_server_2008windows_server_2012windows_server_2016windows_server_2019windows_server_2022