CVE-2019-1185

HIGH

Windows Subsystem for Linux - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3
EPSS 0.0110
EPSS Percentile 61.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-121
Status published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_10 1903
microsoft/windows_server_2016 1903
Published Aug 14, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026