PT-2019-3199 · Microsoft · Windows Store Installer+1

Donato Ferrante · Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2019-1270

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows store installer, where the WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to a symbolic link attack. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application.

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

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03188

CVE-2019-1270

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Store Installer

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1270 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1270 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03188 · Security Note