CVE-2019-1185High

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
August 13, 2019
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Subsystem for Linux handles objects in memory.

🎯 Affected products4

  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB4512508 (Security Update)

🔗 References (3)