A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity.
Product
Windows
Added to KEV
23 May 2022
Federal remediation due
13 Jun 2022
Known ransomware use
Not reported
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CVE-2019-0880
Listed in CISA KEV · added 23 May 2022 · Microsoft · Windows
A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity.
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A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls, aka 'Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.