CVE-2023-36884

CISA KEV RANSOMWARE
ACT NOW Priority: 0.00 BB Relevance: 10/100
Published: N/A Modified: N/A First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: pending_score

Description

Microsoft Windows Search contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow an attacker to evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses via a specially crafted malicious file, leading to remote code execution.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Vendor / Product Microsoft — Windows
Date Added 2023-07-17
Remediation Due 2023-08-29
Ransomware Use CONFIRMED
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36884; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36884

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (17)

VendorProductVersion
microsoft windows_10_1507 < 10.0.10240.20107
microsoft windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.6167
microsoft windows_10_1607 < 10.0.14393.6167
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.4737
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.4737
microsoft windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.4737
microsoft windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19044.3324
microsoft windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19044.3324
microsoft windows_11_21h2 < 10.0.22000.2295
microsoft windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.2134
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
microsoft windows_server_2012 -
microsoft windows_server_2012 r2
microsoft windows_server_2016 < 10.0.14393.6167
microsoft windows_server_2019 < 10.0.17763.4737
microsoft windows_server_2022 < 10.0.20348.1903

Bug Bounty Relevance

10 / 100
✓ Known exploited (KEV)
✓ High exploitation probability

CVSS Score

Unscored

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

99.44%
Raw Score 0.994390
Percentile 99.9%
Date 2026-10-28

Intelligence Sources

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