Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Win32k
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 3.0%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Win32k.sys. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run remote code in the security context of the local system.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-23. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-06-13.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.