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CVE-2023-36033 — Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2023-36033 · CWE: CWE-822

CVE-2023-36033: Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project Microsoft
Product Windows
Date added 2023-11-14
Due date 2023-12-05
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

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

Required action (CISA)

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

Notes

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36033 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36033

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-822. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36033
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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