An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a man-in-the-middle attacker is able to successfully decode and replace authentication request using Kerberos, allowing an attacker to be validated as an Administrator.The update addresses this vulnerability by changing how these requests are validated., aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0936.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
8.1 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)