CVE-2019-1458
Act now ● On CISA KEV — actively exploited used in ransomware
Actively exploited — on the CISA KEV list.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
74.3%
99.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed
Added 2022-01-10 · patch by 2022-07-10
Weakness / dates
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Published 2019-12-10 · modified 2026-08-12
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'.
Affected
References
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156651/Microsoft-Windows-WizardOpium-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159569/Microsoft-Windows-Uninitialized-Variable-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1458
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156651/Microsoft-Windows-WizardOpium-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159569/Microsoft-Windows-Uninitialized-Variable-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1458
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1458