WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36563

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Microsoft
Status
Windows 10 Version 1809
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 (server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2022
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 October 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🦅 CISA Reported📰 News Worthy

What is CVE-2023-36563?

Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CISA has reported CVE-2023-36563

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2023-36563 as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected Version(s)

Windows 10 Version 1507 32-bit Systems 10.0.10240.0 < 10.0.10240.20232

Windows 10 Version 1607 32-bit Systems 10.0.14393.0 < 10.0.14393.6351

Windows 10 Version 1809 32-bit Systems 10.0.17763.0 < 10.0.17763.4974

News Articles

favicon imageThe Record from Recorded Future News

CISA plans to share more information on ransomware actors in its exploited vulnerability alerts

The U.S.’s top cybersecurity agency said it plans to add a section dedicated to ransomware gangs to its list of vulnerabilities being exploited by hackers.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 📰

    First article discovered by The Record from Recorded Future News

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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