CVE-2019-0998

High

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedJun 12, 2019
First seenJun 12, 2019

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_101709, 1803, 1809, 1903—
microsoft windows_server_20161803, 1903—
microsoft windows_server_2019No range specified—

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