CVE-2023-21537 Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a race condition in Microsoft Message Queuing to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-21537?
CVE-2023-21537 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1607, published on 10 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21537?
It affects 15 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 20h2, Microsoft Windows 10 21h2, Microsoft Windows 10 22h2, Microsoft Windows 11 21h2 and 9 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21537?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-21537 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21537 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10 1607
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- CVE-2026-21510 Microsoft Windows Shell Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE-2026-21513 Microsoft MSHTML Framework Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE-2023-32049 Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass
- CVE-2023-29360 Microsoft Streaming Service Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cjc2-63vq-m242.