CVE-2023-38163 - OpenCVE

Windows Defender Attack Surface Reduction Security Feature Bypass

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows Defender Security Intelligence Updates

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender_security_intelligence_updates:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38163

History

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint_Security_Intelligence_Updates:-:::::-::
Vendors & Products	Microsoft defender For Endpoint Security Intelligence Updates

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-09-12T16:58:36.543Z

Updated: 2025-10-30T18:18:18.401Z

Reserved: 2023-07-12T23:41:45.862Z

Link: CVE-2023-38163

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:30:14.064Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-12T17:15:23.840

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:12:59.580

Link: CVE-2023-38163

Redhat

No data.

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