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CVE-2023-32049

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32049 is a critical Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Windows 10, 11, and Server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. It is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage. Despite active exploitation, no public exploit code is currently available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.14393.6085CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.17763.4645CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.19041.3208CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.19045.3208CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.0.22000.2176CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jul 11, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0440 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (22)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.4645
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.4645
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.17763.4645
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019Fixed in: 10.0.17763.4645
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.17763.4645
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1850
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.20348.1850
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.2176
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22000.2176
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.3208
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.3208
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.3208
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.1992
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.22621.1992
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.3208
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.3208
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.3208
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.6085
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.14393.6085
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016Fixed in: 10.0.14393.6085
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.14393.6085
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2023-32049Important

Windows SmartScreen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Jul 11, 2023

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32049
PatchVendor Advisory