An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.
The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Win32k handles objects in memory.
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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Microsoft windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft windows Server 2008 Sp2 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:itanium:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_R2:*:*:*:*:*:*:itanium:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_R2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
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Microsoft windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft windows Server 2008 Sp2 |
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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'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1014, CVE-2019-1017. | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how Win32k handles objects in memory. |
| Title | Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-20T17:49:56.157Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-0960
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:01.807
Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:31.677
Link: CVE-2019-0960
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