First published: Tue Nov 12 2019(Updated: )
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows 10 | =1709 | |
Microsoft Windows 10 | =1803 | |
Microsoft Windows 10 | =1809 | |
Microsoft Windows 10 | =1903 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | =1803 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | =1903 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | ||
Microsoft Windows |
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
CVE-2019-1385 is rated as important due to its potential for privilege escalation.
To fix CVE-2019-1385, apply the latest security updates provided by Microsoft for affected Windows versions.
CVE-2019-1385 affects Windows 10 versions 1709, 1803, 1809, and 1903, as well as Windows Server 2016 and 2019.
The impact of CVE-2019-1385 is the potential for an attacker to gain elevated privileges on an affected system.
You can determine if your system is vulnerable to CVE-2019-1385 by checking if it is running one of the affected Windows versions and has not received the relevant updates.