CVE-2023-29336

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29336	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29336	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52301	Exploit

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::*

History

27 May 2025, 21:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52301 -~~	() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52301 - Exploit

27 May 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52301 -

21 Nov 2024, 07:56

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29336 - Patch, Vendor Advisory~~	() https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29336 - Patch, Vendor Advisory

14 Aug 2024, 15:22

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~NVD-CWE-noinfo~~

29 May 2024, 02:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-416

Information

Published : 2023-05-09 18:15

Updated : 2025-05-27 21:23

NVD link : CVE-2023-29336

Mitre link : CVE-2023-29336

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-29336

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows_server_2012
windows_server_2016
windows_server_2008
windows_10_1607
windows_10_1507

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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