Executive Risk Summary
"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) due to the way it handles authentication requests. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type System Component
Target Asset ntdll.dll
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: ntdll.dll (System Component)
$Targets = 'ntdll.dll'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Network connectivity may be interrupted during the update process
Internal Work Notes
Apply Microsoft patch for CVE-2023-21692 to prevent remote code execution vulnerability in PEAP
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