CVE-2019-1267
HIGHMicrosoft Windows - Elevation of Privilege via Symbolic Link Attack in Compatibility Appraiser
Title source: llmDescription
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser where a configuration file, with local privileges, is vulnerable to symbolic link and hard link attacks, aka 'Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1267
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0110
EPSS Percentile
61.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (15)
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
1607
microsoft/windows_10
1703
microsoft/windows_10
1709
microsoft/windows_10
1803
microsoft/windows_10
1809
microsoft/windows_10
1903
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_2008
r2 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
... and 5 more
Published
Sep 11, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026