Microsoft Security Bulletin Coverage for October 2023

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Overview
Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday has 104 vulnerabilities of which 45 are remote code execution. The vulnerabilities can be classified into following categories:

  • 26 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
  • 3 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • 45 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
  • 12 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • 17 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
  • 1 Spoofing Vulnerability

SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has analyzed and addressed Microsoft’s security advisories for the month of October 2023 and as produced coverage for 7 of the reported vulnerabilities.

Vulnerabilities with detections
CVE-2023-36594 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ASPY 491: Exploit-exe exe.MP_341

CVE-2023-36713 Windows Common Log File System Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
ASPY 494: Exploit-exe exe.MP_344

CVE-2023-36731 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ASPY 492: Exploit-exe exe.MP_342

CVE-2023-36743 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ASPY 493: Exploit-exe exe.MP_343

CVE-2023-36776 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ASPY 497: Exploit-exe exe.MP_347

CVE-2023-38159 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ASPY 496: Exploit-exe exe.MP_346

CVE-2023-41772 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
ASPY 495: Exploit-exe exe.MP_345

Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 
CVE-2023-35349 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36414 Azure Identity SDK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36415 Azure Identity SDK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36417 Microsoft SQL ODBC Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36418 Azure RTOS GUIX Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36420 Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36433 Microsoft Dynamics 365 (On-Premises) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36436 Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36557 PrintHTML API Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36565 Microsoft Office Graphics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36570 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36571 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36572 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36573 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36574 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36575 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36577 Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36578 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36582 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36583 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36589 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36590 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36591 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36592 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36593 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36598 Microsoft WDAC ODBC Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36697 Microsoft Message Queuing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36702 Microsoft DirectMusic Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36704 Windows Setup Files Cleanup Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36710 Windows Media Foundation Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36718 Microsoft Virtual Trusted Platform Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36730 Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36778 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36780 Skype for Business Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36785 Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36786 Skype for Business Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36789 Skype for Business Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36902 Windows Runtime Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-38166 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41765 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41767 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41768 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41769 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41770 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41771 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41773 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41774 Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-36419 Azure HDInsight Apache Oozie Workflow Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36561 Azure DevOps Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36568 Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36569 Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36594 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36605 Windows Named Pipe Filesystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36701 Microsoft Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36711 Windows Runtime C++ Template Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36712 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36721 Windows Error Reporting Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36723 Windows Container Manager Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36725 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36726 Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Extension Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36729 Named Pipe File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36731 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36732 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36737 Azure Network Watcher VM Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36743 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36776 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36790 Windows RDP Encoder Mirror Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-38159 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41763 Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability – SonicWALL is investigating this CVE.
CVE-2023-41766 Windows Client Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-41772 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Denial of Service Vulnerabilities 
CVE-2023-36431 Microsoft Message Queuing Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36435 Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36566 Microsoft Common Data Model SDK Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36579 Microsoft Message Queuing Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36581 Microsoft Message Queuing Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36585 Active Template Library Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36602 Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36603 Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36606 Microsoft Message Queuing Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36703 DHCP Server Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36707 Windows Deployment Services Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36709 Microsoft AllJoyn API Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36717 Windows Virtual Trusted Platform Module Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36720 Windows Mixed Reality Developer Tools Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36728 Microsoft SQL Server Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2023-38171 Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability

Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 
CVE-2023-29348 Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36429 Microsoft Dynamics 365 (On-Premises) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36438 Windows TCP/IP Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36563 Microsoft WordPad Information Disclosure Vulnerability – SonicWALL is investigating this CVE.
CVE-2023-36567 Windows Deployment Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36576 Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36596 Remote Procedure Call Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36706 Windows Deployment Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36713 Windows Common Log File System Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36722 Active Directory Domain Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36724 Windows Power Management Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 
CVE-2023-36434 Windows IIS Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36564 Windows Search Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36584 Windows Mark of the Web Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36698 Windows Kernel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2023-36700 Microsoft Defender Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Spoofing Vulnerability 
CVE-2023-36416 Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

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