CVE-2019-1064

Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jun 12, 2019
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Reserved
Nov 26, 2018

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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could then install programs; view, change or delete data. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows AppX Deployment Service handles hard links.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Windows 10 Version 1703Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1803Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
  • 10.0.17763.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1809Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2019Microsoft
  • 10.0.17763.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.17763.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1709Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows 10 Version 1607Microsoft
  • 10.0.14393.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2016Microsoft
  • 10.0.14393.0 to before publicationAffected
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft
  • 10.0.14393.0 to before publicationAffected

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