CVE-2023-38175
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Defender 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-38175- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
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 - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-41999
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-41999- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-56r2-62gh-h7qr
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-56r2-62gh-h7qr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-38175- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- 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-2023-38175 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Defender, published August 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.