CVE-2019-1270
published 2019-09-11CVE-2019-1270: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, aka 'Microsoft…
PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNIHAN
EPSS
0.90%
58.1th percentile
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, aka 'Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvdv2.03.6LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
vendor_msrc6.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-9gpv-rx7q-48r2: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, aka 'Micr
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-1270 [LOW] CWE-269 GHSA-9gpv-rx7q-48r2: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, aka 'Micr
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack, aka 'Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Microsoft
Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
vendor_msrc·2019-09-10·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2019-1270 [MEDIUM] Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows store installer where WindowsApps directory is vulnerable to symbolic link attack. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to add or remove files.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and add or remove files.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by not allowing reparse points in the WindowsApps directory.
Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows
Microsoft: Microsoft
Customer Action Required: Yes
Impact: Elevation of Privilege
Exploit Status: Publ
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
2019-09-11
Published