CVE-2023-36033 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on November 14, 2023

Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by December 5, 2023: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-36033 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

What is a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability?

The software performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.

CVE-2023-36033 has been classified to as a Buffer Overflow vulnerability or weakness.

Products Associated with CVE-2023-36033

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Microsoft Windows Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Microsoft Windows Server 2022

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 11 23h2

What versions are vulnerable to CVE-2023-36033?