CVE-2019-0948
high-risk
Published 2019-06-12
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML content and convince an authenticated user to import the file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that the Event Viewer parses XML input.
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42.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 58% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 4.7/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (19)
Affected Vendors
55
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
12/34 · Low
Exploitability
24/34 · High
Exposure
19/34 · Moderate