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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-36033

Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Nov 14, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Windows

Patch now

CVE-2023-36033 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 5, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
10.95%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · vendor Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 1809version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 21h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 10 22h2version unspecified
  • vendor Microsoft Windowsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-36033

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-36033 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 5, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-119: Buffer Overflow; CWE-822. EPSS 10.95%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 14, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

  2. Nov 14, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Dec 5, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-36033

    Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-36033

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-36033

    30-day exploitation probability 10.9%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-36033

    Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-36033

    Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.