CVE-2023-21546High
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Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
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Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVSS
8.1
High
EPSS
0.01
p61
Published
2023-01-01
Updated
2023-01-01
Description
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Tags · CWE
Pre-auth
CWE-591
CWE-591VariantDraft
Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory
The product stores sensitive data in memory that is not locked, or that has been incorrectly locked, which might cause the memory to be written to swap files on disk by the virtual memory manager. This can make the data more accessible to external actors.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/591.html →Open in CWE collection →Affected products
Windows_10_1607Windows_10_1809Windows_10_20h2Windows_10_21h2Windows_10_22h2Windows_11_21h2Windows_11_22h2Windows_7Windows_8.1Windows_rt_8.1Windows_server_2008Windows_server_2012Windows_server_2016Windows_server_2019Windows_server_2022
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
2023-01-01
Published
2023-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: N
Network (N)
Attack Complexity
AC: H
High (H)
Privileges Required
PR: N
None (N)
User Interaction
UI: N
None (N)
Scope
S: U
Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality Impact
C: H
High (H)
Integrity Impact
I: H
High (H)
Availability Impact
A: H
High (H)
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.011 · p61
Known exploited (KEV)
No
Known exploits — Сканер-ВС
No Сканер-ВС checks registered for this vulnerability yet.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| windows_10_1607 | * | Tracked |
| windows_10_1809 | * | Tracked |
| windows_10_20h2 | * | Tracked |
| windows_10_21h2 | * | Tracked |
| windows_10_22h2 | * | Tracked |
| windows_11_21h2 | * | Tracked |
| windows_11_22h2 | * | Tracked |
| windows_7 | * | Tracked |
| windows_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_rt_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2008 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2012 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2016 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2019 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2022 | * | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
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Source databases
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
The Security Update Guide is the source of truth for vulnerabilities in Microsoft products — KB article numbers, impacted builds and replacement patches. MSRC also assigns the MSRC-specific exploitability index used alongside CVSS.
Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →CVE
CVE
National Vulnerability Database
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data, built on top of the MITRE CVE list. Every record includes CPE applicability statements, CVSS v2 and v3.x base scores, CWE mappings and cross-references to advisories.
Region
US
Updates
15 min
License
Public Domain
Comprehensive catalog of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities with CPE matches, CVSS scoring and reference URLs. De-facto standard for cross-vendor correlation.
https://nvd.nist.gov →Related vulnerabilities