PT-2019-4227 · Microsoft+1 · Windows Certificate Dialog+2

Eduardo Braun Prado · Published 2019-11-12 · Updated 2026-03-10 · CVE-2019-1388

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 Certificate Dialog (affected versions not specified) Nvidia Control Panel (affected versions not specified)

Description An elevation of privilege issue exists due to improper enforcement of user privileges. This allows attackers to potentially elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the Windows Certificate Dialog. There is no information about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Windows Certificate Dialog, consider restricting access to sensitive features until a patch is available. For Nvidia Control Panel, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling any features that may be related to privilege escalation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-04826

CVE-2019-1388

ZDI-19-975

Affected Products

Nvidia Control Panel

Windows

Windows Certificate Dialog

References · 21

• 🔥 https://github.com/jas502n/CVE-2019-1388 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/sv3nbeast/CVE-2019-1388 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/nobodyatall648/CVE-2019-1388 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/suprise4u/CVE-2019-1388 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-975 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1388 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2019-1388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-04826 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1388 · Security Note
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/637843 · Security Note
• https://t.me/malwr/2229 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/_KScorpio/status/1764527998269599991 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/aptreports/24372 · Telegram Post
• https://cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · Note