vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2019-1256: Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 10, 2019
Added
Sep 10, 2019
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
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'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1285.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4516070microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4516044microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4516068microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4516066microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4516058microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4512578microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4515384microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4516062microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4516064microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4516044microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4512578msft-kb4515384-1fec8c01-d96f-4692-9c3f-533f1966ba0fmsft-kb4516033-03092e33-5b1d-4cc9-bcf9-578e906cefb2msft-kb4516033-0ac4e288-0e6c-4bee-99a6-2dc8491bd6e6msft-kb4516033-59d96021-d80c-446b-9cb3-ff0b6178c0b2msft-kb4516033-78d9fe94-89a2-4a23-aa35-dff5e55adbf0msft-kb4516033-8355f60a-e69c-49bf-b934-6b9aedfc75b7msft-kb4516033-cae28dc4-51e5-4572-b3f3-a3f4a1064beemsft-kb4516051-75098e7e-c41d-44da-ad37-91b0e3cfe425msft-kb4516051-911d46a2-77e7-4c47-a32c-a4520f1da8b7msft-kb4516051-c5d5e19d-e7d9-453f-a152-107f4b0479ccmsft-kb4516062-09ced0cc-d1d6-4784-9e63-d2f290ccd19cmsft-kb4516062-fe217e34-9b29-443b-b895-307bf6ec4067msft-kb4516064-90e2bb11-b4ba-4212-90e4-d82f4434a4c9msft-kb4516064-c31ee34e-e1cb-42ba-9f96-28a38c3e45a7
References
- CVE-2019-1256
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-1256
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4512578
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4515384
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516044
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516058
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516062
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516064
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516066
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516068
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4516070
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