Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-0859
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-2019-0685, CVE-2019-0803.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.102
EPSS Ranking 92.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
Proposed Action
Microsoft Win32k fails to properly handle objects in memory causing privilege escalation. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to run code in kernel mode.
Ransomware Campaign
Unknown
References
Products affected by CVE-2019-0859
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-