CVE record · CVE-2023-36033

Windows DWM Core Library Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEVEPSS 0.11 · 95th percentile

Critical, because:

In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 14 Nov 2023: it is known to be exploited.
CVSS score 7.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.11 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 14 Nov 2023, 17:57 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.5122 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.17763.5122 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.5122 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 to before 10.0.17763.5122 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022	affected 10.0.20348.0 to before 10.0.20348.2113 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 21H2	affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.22000.2600 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 21H2	affected 10.0.19043.0 to before 10.0.19043.3693 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H2	affected 10.0.22621.0 to before 10.0.22621.2715 custom
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 22H2	affected 10.0.19045.0 to before 10.0.19045.3693 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 22H3	affected 10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.2715 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 23H2	affected 10.0.22631.0 to before 10.0.22631.2715 custom
Microsoft	Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.25398.0 to before 10.0.25398.531 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2023-36033
CNA: microsoft
Weakness (CWE): CWE-822
Tags: Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows 11 version 21H2
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 21H2
Microsoft Windows 11 version 22H2
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 22H2
Memory corruption
Published: 14 Nov 2023
Updated: 21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	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	CNA (microsoft)

CISA KEV Listed since 14 Nov 2023: known to be exploited.
EPSS 0.11, the 95th percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 14 Nov 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36033 vendor-advisory

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.