Apr 2019:
CVE-2019-0841 Published on April 9, 2019
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links. 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-2019-0841 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 insecure temporary file Vulnerability?
The software attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
CVE-2019-0841 has been classified to as an insecure temporary file vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-0841
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows:- Version 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems is affected.
- Version version 1709 (Core Installation) is affected.
- Version version 1803 (Core Installation) is affected.
- Version 2019 is affected.
- Version 2019 (Core installation) is affected.
Exploit Probability
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