PT-2019-3217 · Microsoft · Windows

Wenqunwang · Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1285

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 elevate their privileges and potentially execute arbitrary code in kernel mode using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability may be exploited by 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:2019-03206

CVE-2019-1285

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1285 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1285 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1285 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1285 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03206 · Security Note