PT-2019-3308 · Microsoft · Windows

K0Shl · Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1272

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 that exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC). An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the local system. This allows the attacker to potentially elevate their privileges and execute code with system-level access.

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

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-03406

CVE-2019-1272

Affected Products

Windows

References · 6

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1272 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-03406 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1272 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1272 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1272 · Security Note