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CVE-2019-0880

CVE-2019-0880

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 2.4%● KEV
In short

A flaw in splwow64.exe (a Windows print-related tool) allows a local user to gain higher system privileges than they should have. An attacker with basic access to the computer can exploit this to take control of it.

Technical detail

Local elevation of privilege vulnerability in splwow64.exe due to improper handling of specific function calls. Attack vector is local; requires user-level access on the target system. Successful exploitation grants attacker SYSTEM-level privileges, enabling arbitrary code execution and full system compromise.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls, aka 'Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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