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CVE-2019-0808

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-2019-0797.

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.4/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
  • Fresh EPSS: 53.02%: +0.27

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 7 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Qualys
Press · 22 Feb 2022, 08:00 · Managing CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities with Qualys VMDR - Qualys
www.gendigital.com
Press · 12 Jan 2022, 08:00 · Exploit Kits vs. Google Chrome - www.gendigital.com
BleepingComputer
Press · 20 Oct 2021, 07:00 · New PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for C2 communication - BleepingComputer
Google Cloud
Press · 20 Apr 2020, 07:00 · Separating the Signal from the Noise: How Mandiant Intelligence Rates Vulnerabilities — Intelligence for Vulnerability Management, Part Three - Google Cloud
Security Affairs
Press · 15 Mar 2019, 07:00 · Experts published details of the actively exploited CVE-2019-0808 Windows Flaw - Security Affairs
See all 7 source documents
TechTarget
Press · 13 Mar 2019, 07:00 · March Patch Tuesday shuts down two zero-day exploits - TechTarget
TechTarget
Press · 12 Mar 2019, 07:00 · March Patch Tuesday shuts down two zero-day exploits - TechTarget

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.4 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

1

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
ze0r/cve-2019-0808-poc4715C++25 Mar 2019, 12:10
Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 53.0%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:02.857210+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
First press mention
12 Mar 2019, 07:00
Published
09 Apr 2019, 02:31
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
03 Nov 2021, 00:00
Latest press mention
22 Feb 2022, 08:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:58
PoCs on GitHub
1 repositories