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CVE-2019-0685 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k compon

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-2019-0803, CVE-2019-0859.

CVSS
EPSS
73.00% (top 27.60%)
CWE
Published
2019-04-09T20:15:16.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T17:51:27.255Z
CVSS vector

01What is this vulnerability?

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-2019-0803, CVE-2019-0859.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows Server2016, 2016 (Core installation), version 1709 (Core Installation), version 1803 (Core Installation), 2019, 2019 (Core installation)
MicrosoftWindows10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

CVE-2019-0803
Cited in vendor advisory
CVE-2019-0859
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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