---
id: "CVE-2013-5065"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2013-5065"]
title: "Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.8
epss: 0.34651
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Microsoft Windows", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["exploited", "infrastructure", "self-hosted", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["non-windows", "patched-windows"]
published_at: "2013-11-28T00:55:04+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2013-5065", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-5065", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5065", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows NDProxy.sys, a kernel component, has an input validation flaw. A local attacker who can run code on the machine can use it to gain higher privileges, up to SYSTEM.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Microsoft Windows affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Microsoft update for CVE-2013-5065 per vendor instructions, as CISA requires; the specific KB or patched build is not in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2013-5065
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-5065
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5065

## From the sources

Microsoft Windows NDProxy.sys in the kernel contains an improper input validation vulnerability which can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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