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Microsoft CVE-2019-1270: Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2019-1270: Microsoft Windows Store Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/10/2019
Created
09/11/2019
Added
09/10/2019
Modified
11/18/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • msft-kb4512578-0cd62cca-3a16-480d-a189-e8ea147bb43f
  • msft-kb4512578-43bab29b-faba-4d28-ab68-daae07145e70
  • msft-kb4512578-83d97879-e87b-4658-a1f1-2d436c2b0a9f
  • msft-kb4515384-1fec8c01-d96f-4692-9c3f-533f1966ba0f
  • msft-kb4515384-afb67aeb-fdea-4890-8a09-28b41988eec6
  • msft-kb4515384-f440901e-4a8a-4ff0-b578-73ab9ec39370
  • msft-kb4516044-4d387cda-6491-4775-9f86-ec445694daf6
  • msft-kb4516044-5743683a-0751-4f47-a0a5-54186af17be5
  • msft-kb4516044-5bd21ff7-dd92-4cb4-a08a-e15994c99cad
  • msft-kb4516058-4d1b0989-a12b-4062-9692-ada2a53833aa
  • msft-kb4516058-aa4b167d-e6b6-4206-aa84-b9c135353b77
  • msft-kb4516058-f2bdd1f1-8f8f-429b-b798-905b82bdf629
  • msft-kb4516066-92c6450f-2320-49f6-8bd9-0b61c9e10976
  • msft-kb4516066-ad42679f-7ae5-4e30-818f-ec14d19718a1
  • msft-kb4516068-117fb78f-b0ad-4ba3-a5aa-8cc9dad2be7d
  • msft-kb4516068-568e1bb0-2cd4-4521-8b07-fc5be5bcb391
  • msft-kb4516070-085d342e-1c92-4caa-947f-b7a896b93004
  • msft-kb4516070-106c21bb-e967-4b37-8806-00a071bd3198

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