CVE-2019-0942HighCVSS 4.4

Unified Write Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
May 14, 2019
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2019-0942 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for Windows 10 when it improperly restricts access to the registry. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could make changes to the registry keys protected by UWF without having administrator privileges. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system utilizing UWF and access the registry editor. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Unified Write Filter verifies privileges when accessing the registry.

🎯 Affected products20

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4499181 (Security Update) KB4499167 (Security Update) KB4494441 (Security Update) KB4499179 (Security Update) KB4499154 (Security Update) KB4494440 (Security Update)

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