CVE-2019-1190 Information

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.To exploit the vulnerability a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows kernel image properly handles objects in memory. aka ‘Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability’.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1190

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8