Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2022-02-10
Federal due date
2022-08-10
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Win32k
EPSS
95.6th percentile (score 0.203, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0263

CISA short description

Microsoft Win32k contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the Windows kernel-mode driver failing to properly handle objects in memory.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.