⚠ 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-2019-0808Microsoft Windows vulnerability

25 documents15 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
74.0%
top 1.16%
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 updateMay 13
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-2019-0797.

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 Packages10 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1+1
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server8 versions+7

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
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

💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Windows 7/2008 - 'Win32k' Denial of Service (PoC)2019-03-26
Metasploit
Microsoft Windows NtUserMNDragOver Local Privilege Elevation

📋Vendor Advisories

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

🕵️Threat Intelligence

15
Qualys
Managing CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities with Qualys VMDR | Qualys2022-02-23
Trendmicro
PurpleFox Adds New Backdoor That Uses WebSockets2021-10-19
Trendmicro
PurpleFox Adds New Backdoor That Uses WebSockets2021-10-19
Trendmicro
PurpleFox Adds New Backdoor That Uses WebSockets2021-10-19
Trendmicro
PurpleFox Adds New Backdoor That Uses WebSockets2021-10-19