PT-2019-3911 · Microsoft · Windows User Profile Service+1

Gebaltas + 1 · Published 2019-11-12 · Updated 2020-01-27 · CVE-2019-1454

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 User Profile Service (ProfSvc) (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to errors in handling symbolic links by the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc). Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. It is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that can affect the system.

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

LPE

Link Following

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-04363

CVE-2019-1454

Affected Products

Windows

Windows User Profile Service

References · 7

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1454 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1454 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04363 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2019111223 · Note