CVE-2019-0972 — Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 vulnerability
5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
17.4%
top 4.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 12
Latest updateMay 24
Description
This security update corrects a denial of service in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) caused when an authenticated attacker sends a specially crafted authentication request. A remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a denial of service on the target system's LSASS service, which triggers an automatic reboot of the system.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way that LSASS handles specially crafted authentication …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6