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CVE-2019-1458

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'.

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.5/10

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: 74.44%: +0.37

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

The Hacker News

Press · 17 Mar 2022, 07:00 · DirtyMoe Botnet Gains New Exploits in Wormable Module to Spread Rapidly - The Hacker News

BleepingComputer

Press · 11 Jan 2022, 08:00 · CISA alerts federal agencies of ancient bugs still being exploited - BleepingComputer

SOC Prime

Press · 02 Apr 2021, 07:00 · Purple Fox Rootkit Now Obtains Worm-Spreading Capabilities - SOC Prime

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

Proofpoint

Press · 05 Jul 2020, 07:00 · Purple Fox Malware EK Adds More Exploits to Its Arsenal - Proofpoint

See all 11 source documents

Securelist

Press · 28 May 2020, 07:00 · The zero-day exploits of Operation WizardOpium - Securelist

TechTarget

Press · 11 Dec 2019, 08:00 · December Patch Tuesday resolves Windows zero-day - TechTarget

The Hacker News

Press · 11 Dec 2019, 08:00 · Latest Microsoft Update Patches New Windows 0-Day Under Active Attack - The Hacker News

BleepingComputer

Press · 10 Dec 2019, 08:00 · Windows, Chrome Zero-Days Chained in Operation WizardOpium Attacks - BleepingComputer

BleepingComputer

Press · 10 Dec 2019, 08:00 · Microsoft's December 2019 Patch Tuesday Fixes Win32k Zero-day, 36 Flaws - BleepingComputer

Securelist

Press · 10 Dec 2019, 08:00 · Windows 0-day exploit CVE-2019-1458 used in Operation WizardOpium - Securelist

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 8.5 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
piotrflorczyk/cve-2019-1458_POC	181	53	C++	17 Jan 2022, 19:45

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #48180 2020-03-03

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 74.4%
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 13:58:05.890020+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

First press mention

10 Dec 2019, 08:00

Published

10 Dec 2019, 21:40

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

10 Jan 2022, 00:00

Latest press mention

17 Mar 2022, 07:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories