HIGHCVSS 7.5Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2023-07-17Vulnerability

CVE-2023-36884

Microsoft Windows Search contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an attacker to evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses via a specially crafted malicious file, leading to remote code execution.

Properties

Euvd product
Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows 10 Version 21H2, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows Server 2022, Windows 11 version 22H2, Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows 10 Version 22H2, Windows Server 2016, Windows 11 version 21H2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1, Windows 10 Version 1507, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Vulnerability name
Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First seen
2026-08-10T15:11:49+00:00
Cvss score
7.5
Epss score
0.98932
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Year
2023
Due date
2023-08-29
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2023-07-17T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2023-07-17
Euvd base score version
3.1
Score
7.5
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Euvd vendor
Microsoft
Updated at
2026-04-09T23:39:55.539849+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Entities (20)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (17)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Microsoft Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2023-07-17

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