Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2019-1342

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2019-1342

Published: October 9, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21666
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1342
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the way Windows Error Reporting manager handles a process crash. A local user can create a malicious application, launch it on the system, delete a targeted file leading to an elevated status and take control of the target system.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system.


Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2019-1342

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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