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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2023-21752 json

Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2023-01-10 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-25919

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Windows Backup Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Patch / fix

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2 10.0.19045.2486
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2 10.0.22621.1105
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2 10.0.19044.2486
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2 10.0.22000.1455
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2 10.0.19042.2486
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809 10.0.17763.3887
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 10.0.14393.5648
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 6.1.7601.26321
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 10.0.10240.19685
  • Microsoft Windows 7 6.1.7601.26321

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51203)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

5.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51203 Windows 11 10.0.22000 - Backup service Privilege Escalation local, 2023-04-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507
  • Microsoft Windows 7

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.