CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
A local elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in how splwow64.exe handles certain calls, aka 'Microsoft splwow64 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Affected products
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 8.1; microsoft: windows rt 8.1; microsoft: windows server 1903; microsoft: windows server 2012; microsoft: windows server 2016; microsoft: windows server 2019
References3
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-… PatchVendor Advisory
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-… PatchVendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=… US Government Resource
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 2% percentile: 84 · as of 10 November 2026
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