CVE-2019-1422

high-risk
Published 2019-11-12

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the iphlpsvc.dll handles file creation allowing for a file overwrite, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1420, CVE-2019-1423.

Do I need to act?

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9.2% 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 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (18)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (4)

Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1422
Third Party Advisory https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-972/
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1422
Third Party Advisory https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-972/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 10/34 · Low
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate