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CVE-2019-08597.8High

CVE-2019-0859: Microsoft Windows vulnerability

Microsoft · Windows

Affected: Microsoft Windows · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 3 Nov 2021

Known ransomware use

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

ExploitationIn CISA KEV

  1. In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue3 Nov 2021
  2. Exploited (reported): not seen
  3. Scanning observed: not seen
  4. Proof of concept public: not seen
  5. Not established: not seen
4.2%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
91st percentile
050100

Higher than 91% of scored CVEs

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products2

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

  • Microsoft · Windows7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1; 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1; 8.1 for 32-bit systems; 8.1 for x64-based systems; RT 8.1; 10 for 32-bit Systems and 14 more
  • Microsoft · Windows Server2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installa…; 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1; 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1; 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation); 2012; 2012 (Core installation) and 12 more

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Exploitation
Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
CISA KEV
Listed since 3 Nov 2021 · known ransomware use · catalogue entry
Public check
No public nuclei template
Vendor
Microsoft
Published
April 2019

What changed

  1. CISA’s KEV entry now notes known ransomware use CISA
  2. CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2019-0859 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.

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