CVE-2019-0859

high-risk
Published 2019-04-09

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0685, CVE-2019-0803.

Do I need to act?

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10.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 89% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (3)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0859
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0859
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-...
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 18/34 · Moderate
Exposure 22/34 · High