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Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Aug 14, 2019

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Core Shell COM Server Registrar improperly handles COM calls. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially set certain items to run at a higher level and thereby elevate permissions. 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 update addresses this vulnerability by correcting unprotected COM calls.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Aug 14, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Nov 26, 2018
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jun 4, 2024
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a