CVE-2019-1385

7.8

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in...

Exploited in the wild Used in malware Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows, Windows Server, Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems, Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems, Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems, Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Published: Nov 12, 2019
EPSS: —

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

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CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 6.1

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-05-23 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2022-05-23 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	May 23, 2022

Vulnerability detail