CVE-2019-1215

high-risk
Published 2019-09-11

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that ws2ifsl.sys (Winsock) handles objects in memory, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1253, CVE-2019-1278, CVE-2019-1303.

Do I need to act?

~
5.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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1 public exploit available
47935
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (3)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1215
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1215
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-...
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate
Exposure 22/34 · High