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CVE-2023-29336

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2023-05-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Win32K Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft Win32k

Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation up to SYSTEM privileges.

Added to KEV
2023-05-09
Remediation due
2023-05-30
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29336; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29336
Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-05-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 10 1507 (< 10.0.10240.19926) • microsoft windows 10 1607 (< 10.0.14393.5921) • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows server 2008 r2 • microsoft windows server 2012 • microsoft windows server 2012 r2 • microsoft windows server 2016

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References