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Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2023-06-22
Federal due date
2023-07-13
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Win32k
EPSS
96.5th percentile (score 0.137, as of 2026-11-06)
NVD CVSS v3.1
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Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0165

CISA short description

Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.