FAQ
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
MSRC compact vulnerability detail
CVE-2023-21804 · Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
No description was published by MSRC.
Signals
Microsoft Graphics Component
Elevation of Privilege
Exploited: No
Publicly disclosed: No
Exploitability: Exploitation Less Likely
CWE
Patch Diff
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Resolved binary override
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Description
No description was published by MSRC.
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Mitigation
The following mitigating factors might be helpful in your situation: Only Windows computers that have the XPS document writer feature installed are vulnerable to this exploit. On Windows 10 the XPS Document Writer is installed by default. The XPS Document Writer feature is not installed by default on Windows 11.