CVE-2023-21542

Published: Jan 10, 2023

Modified: Jan 1, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	affected `10.0.10240.0 - < 10.0.10240.19685`
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1607	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.5648`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.5648`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected `10.0.14393.0 - < 10.0.14393.5648`
Microsoft	Windows 7	affected `6.1.0 - < 6.1.7601.26321`
Microsoft	Windows 7 Service Pack 1	affected `6.1.0 - < 6.1.7601.26321`
Microsoft	Windows 8.1	affected `6.3.0 - < 6.3.9600.20778`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2	affected `6.0.6003.0 - < 6.0.6003.21872`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.0.6003.0 - < 6.0.6003.21872`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2	affected `6.0.6003.0 - < 6.0.6003.21872`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1	affected `6.1.7601.0 - < 6.1.7601.26321`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.1.7601.0 - < 6.1.7601.26321`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.24075`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.2.9200.0 - < 6.2.9200.24075`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.20778`
Microsoft	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)	affected `6.3.9600.0 - < 6.3.9600.20778`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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