CVE-2023-21549
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21549- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25716
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-25716- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmrm-7m6v-q6w7
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-pmrm-7m6v-q6w7- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows SMB Witness Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21549- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285, CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows 10 version 1507
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 8.1
- microsoft windows server 2012
- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
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- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 20h2
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 21h2
- microsoft windows 11 22h2
- microsoft windows 7
- microsoft windows rt 8.1
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21549 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published January 10, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.