CVE-2023-35633

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

8.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-12-12 18:10Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-01-01 02:18Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-06-15

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c0cc88f288d2027d3c6069d419c7c565a9e75ecdd282cb97737e8dc6be224e25

• msrc.microsoft.comWindows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35633vendor-advisory
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176451/Microsoft-Windows-Registry-Predefined-Keys-Privilege-Escalation.html