CVE-2023-36033· NVD / CVE Program· CNA microsoft

Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 64/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Nov 14, 2023). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Dec 5, 2023.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 10.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.8% of all records.
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

Local privilege escalation

BDU:2023-07960

Published: Nov 14, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 10.9% · 95th percentile
CWE: CWE-822

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 3 / 30 · 10.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.8
CNA · microsoft: 7.8; agree

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 14, 2023. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Dec 5, 2023.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
microsoft	windows 10 1809	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809
microsoft	windows 10 21h2	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2
microsoft	windows 10 22h2	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2
microsoft	windows 11 21h2	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_21h2
microsoft	windows 11 22h2	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2
microsoft	windows 11 23h2	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2
microsoft	windows server 2019	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019
microsoft	windows server 2022	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022
microsoft	windows server 2022 23h2	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2022_23h2

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

microsoft windows server 2019before 10.0.17763.5122
microsoft windows server 2022before 10.0.20348.2113
microsoft windows server 2022 23h2before 10.0.25398.531

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.5122affected
- 10.0.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.5122affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
- 10.0.19043.0 and later · before 10.0.19043.3693affected
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
- 10.0.19045.0 and later · before 10.0.19045.3693affected
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
- 10.0.0 and later · before 10.0.22000.2600affected
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
- 10.0.22621.0 and later · before 10.0.22621.2715affected
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H3
- 10.0.22631.0 and later · before 10.0.22631.2715affected
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 23H2
- 10.0.22631.0 and later · before 10.0.22631.2715affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.5122affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.5122affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
- 10.0.20348.0 and later · before 10.0.20348.2113affected
Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
- 10.0.25398.0 and later · before 10.0.25398.531affected

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

CISA KEVNov 14, 2023-1 d
PublishedNov 14, 2023
TodayOct 17, 2026+1068 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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36Monitor
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32Monitor
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31Monitor
CVE-2025-27739511 days apartWindows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
31Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).