high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2023-23376Windows Common Log File System Driver — Privilege Escalation

A flaw in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver lets a local attacker with low privileges escalate their privileges. Ransomware campaigns are known to use this flaw.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the Microsoft update for CVE-2023-23376 on every Windows system.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
10.9%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2023-02-14
Added to KEV
2023-02-14
CISA due date
2023-03-07
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1068
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsLocal access to Windows with low privileges.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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