{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21725 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21725 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-21725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, published on 10 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-21725 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-21725 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, published on 10 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21725 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21725/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21725/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-21725","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21725/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-21725","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-v62v-5w8r-w42v"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows MSRT","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can exploit a race condition in the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to gain elevated privileges on the system.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"windows_malicious_software_removal_tool","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":6.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-362","name":"Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization"},{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-21725","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"race_condition","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Windows Credential Manager User Interface Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-21726"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Microsoft DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-21724"},"products":["Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool"],"published":"2023-01-10","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool 32-bit","id":"CVE-2020-0733","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-11"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-01-01","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"An attacker can exploit a race condition in the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to gain elevated privileges on the system.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21725/"}