Local driver revocation bypass
Published May 9, 2023 · Updated Jul 10, 2025
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows allows local users to circumvent enforcement of the Windows Driver Revocation List. Microsoft has not published the code-level flaw or wrong operation that permits the revocation check to be bypassed. Low-privileged local access is required, and the documented impact is loss of driver-blocking integrity without confidentiality or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Security feature bypass in Microsoft Windows allows local users to circumvent enforcement of the Windows Driver Revocation List. Microsoft has not published the code-level flaw or wrong operation that permits the revocation check to be bypassed. Low-privileged local access is required, and the documented impact is loss of driver-blocking integrity without confidentiality or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28251
- Published
- May 9, 2023
- Updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 9, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19926
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