CVE-2023-35381 — Windows Fax Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Windows Fax Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

01What is this vulnerability?

Windows Fax Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-08-08T18:15:12.930
• Last modified: 2026-08-10T16:18:27.037

09References

• msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35381
• msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35381