CVE-2019-0880

A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls, aka 'Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2019-07-15

Last modified

2025-10-21

Known exploited (CISA KEV)

since 2022-05-23, action due 2022-06-13: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected products

• Version 1903 Server Core Installation (Microsoft)
• Windows (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1507 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1607 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1703 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1709 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1803 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1809 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 1903 (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For 32-bit Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For Arm64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 10 Version 1903 For X64-based Systems (Microsoft)
• Windows 8.1 (Microsoft)
• Windows Rt 8.1 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 1903 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2012 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2019 (Microsoft)

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0880
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-0880