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CVE-2019-1132
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
KEVHIGH 7.8EPSS 9.79%
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 5 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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'.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.79% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 15 March 2022 · due 5 April 2022
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1132
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1132Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1132Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1132US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.