CVE-2019-1388

7.8

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Certificate Dialog when it does not properly enforce user privileges, aka 'Windows...

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 in the Windows Certificate Dialog when it does not properly enforce user privileges, aka 'Windows Certificate Dialog Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

windows cisa malware ransomware microsoft nessus_scanner

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 7.2

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-04-07 00:00:00 UTC · Source

Used in malware

Recorded 2023-04-07 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	Apr 07, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Nessus	https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130910	Jun 02, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

suprise4u/CVE-2019-1388

github · Created 2021-06-07 22:29:08 UTC · 5 stars

nobodyatall648/CVE-2019-1388

github · Created 2021-05-05 08:22:34 UTC · 20 stars

CVE-2019-1388 Abuse UAC Windows Certificate Dialog

sv3nbeast/CVE-2019-1388

github · Created 2019-11-27 02:47:37 UTC · 74 stars

guest→system（UAC手动提权）

jaychouzzk/CVE-2019-1388

github · Created 2019-11-21 08:38:38 UTC · 0 stars

jas502n/CVE-2019-1388

github · Created 2019-11-21 06:26:27 UTC · 186 stars

CVE-2019-1388 UAC提权 (nt authority\system)

Vulnerability detail