CVE-2019-0972
high-risk
Published 2019-06-12
This security update corrects a denial of service in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) caused when an authenticated attacker sends a specially crafted authentication request. A remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service on the target system's LSASS service, which triggers an automatic reboot of the system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way that LSASS handles specially crafted authentication requests.
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17.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 83% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 6.5/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (18)
Affected Vendors
56
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
13/34 · Low
Exposure
19/34 · Moderate