PT-2019-2602 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-06-11 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-0986

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the improper handling of symlinks by the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc), which can lead to an elevation of privilege. This allows an attacker to potentially increase their privileges on the system.

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

Exploit

LPE

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-02482

CVE-2019-0986

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/padovah4ck/CVE-2019-0986 · Exploit
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-02482 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0986 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0986 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0986 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-0986 · Vendor Advisory