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CVE-2023-29336

high

Description

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

From the Tenable Blog

Microsoft’s May 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 38 CVEs (CVE-2023-29336)
Microsoft’s May 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 38 CVEs (CVE-2023-29336)

Published: 2023-05-09

Microsoft addresses 38 CVEs including three zero-day vulnerabilities, two of which were exploited in the wild.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29336

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-june-2024-patch-tuesday-addresses-49-cves

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-january-2024-patch-tuesday-addresses-48-cves-cve-2024-20674

https://www.tenable.com/blog/microsofts-may-2023-patch-tuesday-addresses-38-cves-cve-2023-29336

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-05-09

Updated: 2025-05-27

Named Vulnerability: Win32k Elevation of PrivilegeKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.76129