CVE-2019-1170

moderate-risk
Published 2019-08-14

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when reparse points are created by sandboxed processes allowing sandbox escape. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use the sandbox escape to elevate privileges on an affected system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by preventing sandboxed processes from creating reparse points targeting inaccessible files.

Do I need to act?

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0.96% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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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
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.9/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

45
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 25/34 · High
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 10/34 · Low