CVE-2019-1476

high-risk
Published 2019-12-10

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1483.

Do I need to act?

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35.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 64% 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
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (11)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (4)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155653/AppXSvc-17763-Arbitrary-File-Overwri...
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1476
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155653/AppXSvc-17763-Arbitrary-File-Overwri...
Patch https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1476
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high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 16/34 · Moderate
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate