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CVE-2019-1458

PUBLISHED

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Win32k...

Exploited in the wild Used in malware Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows, Windows Server
Published
Dec 10, 2019
EPSS
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Description

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'.

windows cisa malware ransomware metasploit microsoft

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 7.2

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-01-10 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2022-01-10 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Jan 10, 2022
CISA Jan 10, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/cve_2019_1458_wizardopium.rb Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

cve_2019_1458_wizardopium

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2019-1458

Eternit7/CVE-2019-1458

github · Created 2021-02-19 02:44:27 UTC · 0 stars

rip1s/CVE-2019-1458

github · Created 2020-03-11 08:30:14 UTC · 135 stars

CVE-2019-1458 Windows LPE Exploit

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Exploit Used in Malware

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit