CVE-2019-1253

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Sep 11, 2019
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Nov 26, 2018

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Server improperly handles junctions.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1215, CVE-2019-1278, CVE-2019-1303.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WindowsMicrosoft	10 Version 1703 for 32-bit SystemsAffected 10 Version 1703 for x64-based SystemsAffected 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit SystemsAffected 10 Version 1709 for x64-based SystemsAffected 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit SystemsAffected 10 Version 1803 for x64-based SystemsAffected 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based SystemsAffected 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit SystemsAffected 10 Version 1809 for x64-based SystemsAffected 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based SystemsAffected 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based SystemsAffected
Windows ServerMicrosoft	version 1803 (Core Installation)Affected 2019Affected 2019 (Core installation)Affected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit SystemsMicrosoft	unspecifiedAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based SystemsMicrosoft	unspecifiedAffected
Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based SystemsMicrosoft	unspecifiedAffected
Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft	unspecifiedAffected

References

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