CVE-2019-1082

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows where a certain DLL, with Local Service privilege, is vulnerable to race planting a customized DLL.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially elevate privilege to SYSTEM.The update addresses this vulnerability by requiring SYSTEM privileges for a certain DLL., aka 'Microsoft Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1074.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1; 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1; 8.1 for 32-bit systems; 8.1 for x64-based systems; RT 8.1; 10 for 32-bit Systems; 10 for x64-based Systems; 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems; 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation); 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1; 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1; 2012; 2012 (Core installation); 2012 R2; 2012 R2 (Core installation); 2016; 2016 (Core installation)

References

Timeline

Published
Jul 15, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2019-1082: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix