Elevation to the active user's rights
Published Jul 11, 2023 · Updated Jan 12, 2026
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows MSHTML allows context-dependent attackers to gain the rights of a user who opens a crafted file. Microsoft has not disclosed the code locus or incorrect operation by which MSHTML processes the crafted content. User interaction is required; successful exploitation yields the victim user's rights, and CISA records active exploitation.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows MSHTML allows context-dependent attackers to gain the rights of a user who opens a crafted file. Microsoft has not disclosed the code locus or incorrect operation by which MSHTML processes the crafted content. User interaction is required; successful exploitation yields the victim user's rights, and CISA records active exploitation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-32046
- Published
- Jul 11, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1204.002, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 11, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.20048
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