PT-2019-3052 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-08-13 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2019-1198

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege in SyncController.dll, allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. To exploit this, an attacker would need to run a specially crafted application. This vulnerability does not allow arbitrary code execution on its own but could be used in conjunction with other vulnerabilities, such as remote code execution, to take advantage of elevated privileges. The vulnerability is associated with inadequate access control in the SyncController.dll library of the Windows operating system.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03034

CVE-2019-1198

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1198 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1198 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1198 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1198 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03034 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1198 · Vendor Advisory