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CVE-2019-1074

CVE information

Published

4 years ago

Last Modified

3 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows where certain folders, with local service privilege, are vulnerable to symbolic link attack. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially access unauthorized information. The update addresses this vulnerability by not allowing symbolic links in these scenarios., aka 'Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1082..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5.5/10
Exploit Score
1.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
3.6/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -