PT-2019-4151 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2019-12-10 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1478

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 errors in handling COM object creation in the Windows COM Server component of the Windows operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. It is an elevation-of-privilege issue that allows 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:2019-04733

CVE-2019-1478

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04733 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1478 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1478 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1478 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2019-1478 · Note