CVE-2019-0797

HIGH KEV

Windows - Elevation of Privilege in Win32k Component

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2019-0797 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added November 3, 2021.

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'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0808.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0449
EPSS Percentile 89.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2021-11-03
VulnCheck KEV 2019-02-22
InTheWild.io 2019-02-22
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2019-1553
Status published
Products (14)
microsoft/windows_10_1507 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1607 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1703 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1709 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1803 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_10_1809 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_1709
microsoft/windows_server_1803
... and 4 more
Published Apr 09, 2019
KEV Added Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026