CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-0841
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-2019-0730, CVE-2019-0731, CVE-2019-0796, CVE-2019-0805, CVE-2019-0836.
Severity
- EPSS
- 41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2022-03-15, due 2022-04-05, known ransomware use
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10_1703
- microsoft:windows_10_1709
- microsoft:windows_10_1803
- microsoft:windows_10_1809
- microsoft:windows_server_2016
- microsoft:windows_server_2019
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152463/Microsoft-Windows-AppX-Deployment-Service-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153009/Internet-Explorer-JavaScript-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153114/Microsoft-Windows-AppX-Deployment-Service-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153215/Microsoft-Windows-AppX-Deployment-Service-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153642/AppXSvc-Hard-Link-Privilege-Escalation.html