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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2019-0693: Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 12, 2019
Added
Mar 12, 2019
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to an integer overflow in Windows Subsystem for Linux, aka 'Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0682, CVE-2019-0689, CVE-2019-0692, CVE-2019-0694.

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4489886microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4489868microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4489899microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4489899
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