CVE-2023-36723

HIGH

Windows Container Manager Service - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2023-36723. PoCs published by Wh04m1001.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2023-36723, an arbitrary directory creation vulnerability in the Windows Container Manager service. It abuses symbolic link handling to create a directory with permissive DACLs in `c:\windows\system32`, enabling privilege escalation via SxS assembly loading.

Description

Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 68 stars
by Wh04m1001 · poc
https://github.com/Wh04m1001/CVE-2023-36723

This PoC exploits CVE-2023-36723, an arbitrary directory creation vulnerability in the Windows Container Manager service. It abuses symbolic link handling to create a directory with permissive DACLs in `c:\windows\system32`, enabling privilege escalation via SxS assembly loading.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: Windows Container Manager Service (Windows Sandbox feature)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Windows Sandbox feature installed · Authenticated user access · BaseLayer directory in a vulnerable state
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0218
EPSS Percentile 80.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/windows_10_1809 < 10.0.17763.4974
microsoft/windows_10_21h2 < 10.0.19041.3570
microsoft/windows_10_22h2 < 10.0.19045.3570
microsoft/windows_11_21h2 < 10.0.22000.2538
microsoft/windows_11_22h2 < 10.0.22621.2428
microsoft/windows_server_2019
microsoft/windows_server_2022
Published Oct 10, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026