Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory.

cat cve-2019-1132.json

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Win32k
CVSS: 7.8
EPSS (exploit probability): 9.8%
Status: kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01): April 5, 2022
Published: March 15, 2022
Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1132

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory.

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-15. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-04-05.

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.