high severity · exploited in the wild · published 2023-09-12
An attacker can escalate to SYSTEM-level privileges on the machine. The vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.
Fixed in: 10.0.22621.2283
CVE: CVE-2023-36802
Source: Microsoft (MSRC)
You are affected if the installed version is older than 10.0.22621.2283. Check the version you have and update to 10.0.22621.2283 or later. The fixed version is verified against a vendor or advisory source.
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