CVE-2023-32046
Windows MSHTML Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Windows MSHTML Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 11 Jul 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 1 Aug 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.0% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Elevation of Privilege
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.4645
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.1850
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 21H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.22000.2176
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19043.0 – < 10.0.19044.3208
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.1992
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2
- affected 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.3208
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.10240.0 – < 10.0.10240.20048
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6085
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6085
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6085
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.22175
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.22175
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.22175
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- affected 6.1.7601.0 – < 6.1.7601.26623
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.1.7601.0 – < 6.1.7601.26623
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.24374
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.24374
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.21063
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.21063
References (3)
- Windows MSHTML Platform Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32046 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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