CVE-2023-21752
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- 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 Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21752- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25919
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-25919- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4v5x-38hq-2rvf
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-4v5x-38hq-2rvf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21752- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- 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 7
- microsoft windows 7 service pack 1
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 11
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Windows 11 10.0.22000 - Backup service Privilege Escalation | 2023-04-03 |
| PoC in GitHub | SamDHarrison/Compiled-CVE-2023-21752 | 2026-10-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | Wh04m1001/CVE-2023-21752 | 2023-01-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | yosef0x01/CVE-2023-21752 | 2023-08-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21752 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507, published January 10, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.47%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.