PT-2019-3899 · Microsoft · Windows

Marcin Wiazowski · Published 2019-11-12 · Updated 2023-03-01 · CVE-2019-1393

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 Microsoft Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Win32k component of Windows operating systems, which is caused by insecure privilege management. 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

Memory Corruption

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-04317

CVE-2019-1393

ZDI-19-983

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1393 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-983 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1393 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1393 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1393 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1393 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04317 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-983/19-1441 · Note