CVE-2019-0863

unknown KEV

Published 2021-11-03 · Modified 2021-11-03

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it handles files, allowing for code execution in kernel mode.

CISA KEV

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Due date: 2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-46917 local windows

SandboxEscaper · 2019-05-22

Microsoft Windows (x86/x64) - 'Error Reporting' Discretionary Access Control List / Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0863

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.