#VU19946 Information disclosure in Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2019-1125
Published: August 6, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information and elevate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists when certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively access memory. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and elevate privileges on the system.
This issue is a variant of the Spectre Variant 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerability that leverages SWAPGS instructions to bypass KPTI/KVA mitigations.