Apr 2019:
CVE-2019-0797 Published on April 9, 2019
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Win32k.sys Driver Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A privilege escalation 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.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2019-0797 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-0797
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows Server:- Version 2012 is affected.
- Version 2012 (Core installation) is affected.
- Version 2012 R2 is affected.
- Version 2012 R2 (Core installation) is affected.
- Version 2016 is affected.
- Version 2016 (Core installation) is affected.
- Version version 1709 (Core Installation) is affected.
- Version version 1803 (Core Installation) is affected.
- Version 2019 is affected.
- Version 2019 (Core installation) is affected.
- Version 8.1 for 32-bit systems is affected.
- Version 8.1 for x64-based systems is affected.
- Version RT 8.1 is affected.
- Version 10 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
Exploit Probability
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