CVE-2019-1074 Information

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows where certain folders with local service privilege are vulnerable to symbolic link attack. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially access unauthorized information. The update addresses this vulnerability by not allowing symbolic links in these scenarios. aka ‘Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1082.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1074

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5