PT-2019-3916 · Microsoft · Windows

Marcin Wiazowski · Published 2019-11-12 · Updated 2023-03-01 · CVE-2019-1396

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 errors in handling objects in memory within the Win32k component of Windows operating systems. This can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted application, potentially leading to an elevation-of-privilege scenario, affecting the system.

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:2019-04368

CVE-2019-1396

ZDI-19-982

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04368 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1396 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1396 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1396 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1396 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-982 · Security Note