CVE-2019-1185

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2019-08-14

Last modified

2024-08-04

Weaknesses

CWE-121

Affected products

• Windows 10 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 1903 (Microsoft)
• Windows Server 2016 (Microsoft)

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1185