CVE-2019-0543 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on January 8, 2019
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 5, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2019-0543 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is an authentification Vulnerability?
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVE-2019-0543 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-0543
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Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.