PT-2019-2229 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-05-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0936

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Windows due to the system's failure to properly handle certain symbolic links. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to elevate their privileges.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02000

CVE-2019-0936

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-0936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0936 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0936 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0936 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0936 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02000 · Security Note