PT-2019-1596 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-03-12 · Updated 2026-02-07 · CVE-2019-0797

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists due to the Win32k component's failure to properly handle objects in memory. This allows an attacker to potentially elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-01138

CVE-2019-0797

Affected Products

Windows

References · 14

• 🔥 https://securelist.com/cve-2019-0797-zero-day-vulnerability/89885 · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0797 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-01138 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0797 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-0797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-0797 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/118253 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/87435 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117909 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140816 · Telegram Post
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/140817 · Telegram Post