CVE-2019-0881
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel improperly handles key enumeration, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Kernel improperly handles key enumeration, aka 'Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809 - 'CmKeyBodyRemapToVirtualForEnum' Arbitrary Key Enumeration Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46912local, windowspublished 23 May 2019Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 8.1 for 32-bit systems
- affected 8.1 for x64-based systems
- affected RT 8.1
- affected 10 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation)
- affected 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)
- affected 2012
- affected 2012 (Core installation)
- affected 2012 R2
- affected 2012 R2 (Core installation)
- affected 2016
- affected 2016 (Core installation)
- affected version 1803 (Core Installation)
- affected 2019
- affected 2019 (Core installation)
- affected 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
References
References2
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0881 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152988/Microsoft-Windows-CmKeyBodyRemapToVirtualForEnum-Arbitrary-Key-Enumeration.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-1630 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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