Boot security bypass via heap buffer overflow
Published Apr 11, 2023 · Updated Jan 23, 2025
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Boot Manager allows physically proximate attackers to bypass boot security controls. Microsoft identifies CWE-122 but has not published the affected parsing routine, untrusted input, or incorrect memory operation beyond a heap overwrite. Exploitation requires physical access and high privileges; successful exploitation can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Boot Manager allows physically proximate attackers to bypass boot security controls. Microsoft identifies CWE-122 but has not published the affected parsing routine, untrusted input, or incorrect memory operation beyond a heap overwrite. Exploitation requires physical access and high privileges; successful exploitation can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28269
- Published
- Apr 11, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- CWE-122
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19869
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