CVE-2019-1185
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.3 · CWE-121
7.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Subsystem for Linux handles objects in memory.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1185 ↗