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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2019-1267: Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2019-1267: Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/10/2019
Created
09/11/2019
Added
09/10/2019
Modified
06/10/2024

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser where a configuration file, with local privileges, is vulnerable to symbolic link and hard link attacks, aka 'Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4516070
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4516044
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4516068
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4516066
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4516058
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4512578
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4515384
  • msft-kb4512578-43bab29b-faba-4d28-ab68-daae07145e70
  • msft-kb4515384-1fec8c01-d96f-4692-9c3f-533f1966ba0f
  • msft-kb4516033-03092e33-5b1d-4cc9-bcf9-578e906cefb2
  • msft-kb4516033-0ac4e288-0e6c-4bee-99a6-2dc8491bd6e6
  • msft-kb4516033-59d96021-d80c-446b-9cb3-ff0b6178c0b2
  • msft-kb4516033-78d9fe94-89a2-4a23-aa35-dff5e55adbf0
  • msft-kb4516033-8355f60a-e69c-49bf-b934-6b9aedfc75b7
  • msft-kb4516033-cae28dc4-51e5-4572-b3f3-a3f4a1064bee
  • msft-kb4516044-5bd21ff7-dd92-4cb4-a08a-e15994c99cad
  • msft-kb4516058-aa4b167d-e6b6-4206-aa84-b9c135353b77
  • msft-kb4516064-90e2bb11-b4ba-4212-90e4-d82f4434a4c9
  • msft-kb4516064-c31ee34e-e1cb-42ba-9f96-28a38c3e45a7
  • msft-kb4516064-c79723c3-399a-4160-9547-d9b5384db522

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