CVE-2023-23379 Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in Microsoft Defender for IoT to elevate privileges on the system.
- 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-2023-23379?
CVE-2023-23379 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for IoT, published on 14 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23379?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Defender for Iot.
How do I fix CVE-2023-23379?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-23379 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23379 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender for IoT
- CVE-2021-42311 Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-42313 Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38089 Microsoft Defender for IoT Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-43882 Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-21323 Microsoft Defender for IoT Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hqvv-x2xp-chxw.