CVE-2023-36884

Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
CISA

Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Search contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an attacker to evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses via a specially crafted malicious file, leading to remote code execution.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Microsoftv3.1 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-06-27 CVE Reserved
2023-07-11 CVE Published
2023-07-15 First Exploit
2023-07-17 Exploited in Wild
2023-08-29 KEV Due Date
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-24 EPSS Updated

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/jakabakos/CVE-2023-36884-MS-Office-HTML-RCE	2023-11-02
https://github.com/Maxwitat/CVE-2023-36884-Scripts-for-Intune-Remediation-SCCM-Compliance-Baseline	2023-07-21
https://github.com/tarraschk/CVE-2023-36884-Checker	2023-07-18
https://github.com/zerosorai/CVE-2023-36884	2023-07-15
https://github.com/raresteak/CVE-2023-36884	2023-07-30
https://github.com/ridsoliveira/Fix-CVE-2023-36884	2023-07-28
https://github.com/ToddMaxey/CVE-2023-36884	2023-07-20

URL	Date	SRC
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36884	2024-06-27

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 1507 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 1507"				< 10.0.10240.20107 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 1507" and version " < 10.0.10240.20107"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 1607 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 1607"				< 10.0.14393.6167 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 1607" and version " < 10.0.14393.6167"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 1809 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 1809"				< 10.0.17763.4737 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 1809" and version " < 10.0.17763.4737"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 21h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 21h2"				< 10.0.19044.3324 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 21h2" and version " < 10.0.19044.3324"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 10 22h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 22h2"				< 10.0.19044.3324 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 10 22h2" and version " < 10.0.19044.3324"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 11 21h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11 21h2"				< 10.0.22000.2295 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11 21h2" and version " < 10.0.22000.2295"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 11 22h2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11 22h2"				< 10.0.22621.2134 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 11 22h2" and version " < 10.0.22621.2134"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2008 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008"				-		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2008 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2008" and version "r2"		sp1, x64		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				-		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2012 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012"				r2 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2012" and version "r2"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				< 10.0.14393.6167 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version " < 10.0.14393.6167"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016"				10.0.14393.6614 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2016" and version "10.0.14393.6614"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2019 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019"				< 10.0.17763.4737 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2019" and version " < 10.0.17763.4737"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Server 2022 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2022"				< 10.0.20348.1903 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Server 2022" and version " < 10.0.20348.1903"		-		Affected