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CVE-2023-41763

Microsoft Skype for Business Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 5.3EPSS 90.5%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 31 October 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 3.1
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
90.55% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Listed 10 October 2023 · due 31 October 2023
Weakness
CWE-918
Affected
microsoft/skype for business server
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%48%95%30 October 2026: 90.55%30 October 202630 October 2026

EPSS 90.5% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41763; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41763

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.