PT-2019-3181 · Microsoft · Windows

Netanel Ben-Simon + 1 · Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1256

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 Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Win32k component of Windows, which fails to properly handle objects in memory. This can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability enables attackers to affect the system.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03170

CVE-2019-1256

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1256 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03170 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1256 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1256 · Vendor Advisory