CVE-2023-33156
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-33156- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-37341
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-37341- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gj3v-4v9w-qjh3
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-gj3v-4v9w-qjh3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-33156- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-367
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-33156 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, published July 11, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.