⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2021-11-03. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-05-03. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..
CVE-2019-0797 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release in Microsoft Windows
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.5%
top 10.88%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2021-11-03
Due 2022-05-03
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedApr 9
KEV addedNov 3
KEV dueMay 3
Latest updateApr 24
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages17 packages
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1+1
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
5GHSA▶
GHSA-8wc3-99q7-2qvc: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation↗2022-05-13
GHSA▶
GHSA-74qg-858w-vpcj: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k Elevation↗2022-05-13
Project0
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