CVE-2019-1170

High

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when reparse points are created by sandboxed processes allowing sandbox escape. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use the sandbox escape to elevate privileges on an affected system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by preventing sandboxed processes from creating reparse points targeting inaccessible files.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.9
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedAug 14, 2019
First seenAug 14, 2019

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_101809, 1903—
microsoft windows_server_20161903—
microsoft windows_server_2019No range specified—

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