CVE-2023-21725
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 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
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21725- 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-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25892
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-25892- 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
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v62v-5w8r-w42v
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-v62v-5w8r-w42v- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21725- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2023-21725 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, published January 10, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 33rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.