CVE-2023-36025
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
- Added
- 14 Nov 2023
- Fix due (US federal)
- 5 Dec 2023
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 88.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (7 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 8.8.
Weakness
- Security Feature Bypass
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.5122
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.17763.5122
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.5122
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.17763.0 – < 10.0.17763.5122
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022
- affected 10.0.20348.0 – < 10.0.20348.2113
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 21H2
- affected 10.0.0 – < 10.0.22000.2600
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 21H2
- affected 10.0.19043.0 – < 10.0.19043.3693
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H2
- affected 10.0.22621.0 – < 10.0.22621.2715
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 22H2
- affected 10.0.19045.0 – < 10.0.19045.3693
Microsoft · Windows 11 version 22H3
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.2715
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2
- affected 10.0.22631.0 – < 10.0.22631.2715
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.25398.0 – < 10.0.25398.531
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507
- affected 10.0.10240.0 – < 10.0.10240.20308
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6452
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6452
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
- affected 10.0.14393.0 – < 10.0.14393.6452
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.22367
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.22367
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
- affected 6.0.6003.0 – < 6.0.6003.22367
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
- affected 6.1.7601.0 – < 6.1.7601.26816
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.1.7601.0 – < 6.1.7601.26816
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.24569
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.2.9200.0 – < 6.2.9200.24569
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.21668
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
- affected 6.3.9600.0 – < 6.3.9600.21668
References (2)
- Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-36025 (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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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2023-36025)Record last updated .