CVE-2019-0734

high-risk
Published 2019-05-16

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a man-in-the-middle attacker is able to successfully decode and replace authentication request using Kerberos, allowing an attacker to be validated as an Administrator.The update addresses this vulnerability by changing how these requests are validated., aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0936.

Do I need to act?

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7.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.1/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (19)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (2)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0734
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0734
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate