HIGH KEV Used in ransomware campaigns ⚠
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'
Published Dec 10, 2019 ·Due Jul 10, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 74.44%
Description
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'.
Affected products
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- Version 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit SystemsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 10 Version 1607 for x64-based SystemsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 10 for 32-bit SystemsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 10 for x64-based SystemsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.1 for 32-bit systemsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 8.1 for x64-based systemsStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version RT 8.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
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- Version 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation)StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2012StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2012 (Core installation)StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2012 R2StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2012 R2 (Core installation)StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2016StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 2016 (Core installation)StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Microsoft | Windows Server | n/a |
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- r2
- r2
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- r2
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156651/Microsoft-Windows-WizardOpium-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159569/Microsoft-Windows-Uninitialized-Variable-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-10015 Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1458 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1458 government-resourceUS Government Resource
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156651/Microsoft-Windows-WizardOpium-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159569/Microsoft-Windows-Uninitialized-Variable-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-10015 | Advisory | |
| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1458 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1458 | government-resourceUS Government Resource |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Dec 10, 2019
Updated Aug 12, 2026
Reserved Nov 26, 2018
Link CVE-2019-1458
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Feb 7, 2025
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2019-10015 Assigner microsoft
Published Dec 10, 2019
Updated Aug 12, 2026
Exploited since Jan 10, 2022
Link EUVD-2019-10015