May 23, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2019-0880 — Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-05-23- Federal due date
2022-06-13- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- EPSS
- 88.8th percentile (score 0.041, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0880
CISA short description
A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could elevate privileges on an affected system from low-integrity to medium-integrity.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.