CVE-2019-1385

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1385 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1385Patch
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1385Patch
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-979/Advisory
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-979/Advisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1385