Zero-day vulnerability in Windows

Input validation error
CVE-2023-36884

The vulnerability was exploited by the treat actor Storm-0978 (also known as DEV-0978 or RomCom) against defense and government entities in Europe and North America.

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2023071170 - Remote code execution in Microsoft Office and Windows HTML

Vulnerable component: Windows

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36884

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling cross-protocol file navigation. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

External links:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36884

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/07/11/storm-0978-attacks-reveal-financial-and-espionage-motives/


About zero-day vulnerabilities

Zero-day vulnerability is an undisclosed vulnerability in software that hackers can exploit to compromise computer programs, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, penetrate networks, etc. We consider vulnerability a zero-day when there is no solution provided from software vendor and the vulnerability is being actively exploited by malicious actors.

Zero-day candidate is a potential zero-day vulnerability in software which might have been used in targeted attacks, however there is no evidence to support this suggestion.