CVE-2019-11490
HIGHNpcap 0.992 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in Npcap 0.992. Sending a malformed .pcap file with the loopback adapter using either pcap_sendqueue_queue() or pcap_sendqueue_transmit() results in kernel pool corruption. This could lead to arbitrary code executing inside the Windows kernel and allow escalation of privileges.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-415
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
nmap/npcap
Timeline
Published
Apr 24, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026