⚠ 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-2019-0797Improper 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

5
GHSA
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 Elevation2022-05-13
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 Elevation2022-05-13
Project0
Detection Deficit: A Year in Review of 0-days Used In-The-Wild in 2019 - Project Zero2020-07-01
VulnCheck
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2019
VulnCheck
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2018

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2021-11-03
Microsoft
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2019-03-12

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