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CVE-2019-0859

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-2019-0685, CVE-2019-0803.

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.2/10

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: 4.19%: +0.02

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

Sources: 11 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

Hackread

Press · 03 Nov 2025, 08:00 · New Dante Spyware Linked to Rebranded Hacking Team, Now Memento Labs - Hackread

The Hacker News

Press · 02 Oct 2020, 07:00 · Researchers Fingerprint Exploit Developers Who Help Several Malware Authors - The Hacker News

Check Point Research

Press · 02 Oct 2020, 07:00 · Graphology of an Exploit – Hunting for exploits by looking for the author’s fingerprints - Check Point Research

Google Cloud

Press · 06 Apr 2020, 07:00 · Zero-Day Exploitation Increasingly Demonstrates Access to Money, Rather than Skill — Intelligence for Vulnerability Management, Part One - Google Cloud

Kaspersky

Press · 23 Jan 2020, 08:00 · RIP Windows 7. What now? - Kaspersky

See all 11 source documents

Cisco Talos Blog

Press · 03 Sep 2019, 07:00 · Vulnerability Spotlight: Two vulnerabilities in Epignosis eFront - Cisco Talos Blog

Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium

Press · 17 Apr 2019, 07:00 · Local Privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows OS - Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium

Kaspersky

Press · 15 Apr 2019, 07:00 · CVE-2019-0859: A zero-day vulnerability in Windows - Kaspersky

Securelist

Press · 15 Apr 2019, 07:00 · New zero-day vulnerability CVE-2019-0859 in win32k.sys - Securelist

TechTarget

Press · 09 Apr 2019, 07:00 · April Patch Tuesday closes 2 zero-day exploits - TechTarget

The Hacker News

Press · 09 Apr 2019, 07:00 · Microsoft Releases April 2019 Security Updates — Two Flaws Under Active Attack - The Hacker News

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 8.2 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

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 4.2%
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

09 Apr 2019, 07:00

Published

09 Apr 2019, 20:19

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

03 Nov 2021, 00:00

Latest press mention

03 Nov 2025, 08:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58