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

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Severity

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

References

CVE-2019-0693
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-0693
CWE-190
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4489868
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4489886
https://support.microsoft.com/help/4489899

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