CVE-2019-1185

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems10.0.0 < publicationaffected
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)10.0.0 < publicationaffected

Weaknesses

  • Elevation of Privilege

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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