CVE-2019-0797: Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

First published: Tue Apr 09 2019(Updated: )

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-2019-0808.

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Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows 10	=1607
Microsoft Windows 10	=1703
Microsoft Windows 10	=1709
Microsoft Windows 10	=1803
Microsoft Windows 10	=1809
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012	=r2
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	=1709
Microsoft Windows Server 2016	=1803
Microsoft Windows Server 2019

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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0797

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