Microsoft Win32k CVE-2019-0776 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the win32k component improperly provides kernel information. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the users system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to either log on locally to an affected system, or convince a locally authenticated user to execute a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how win32k handles objects in memory.

Affected Applications

Windows 10
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2019

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