CVE Record
[ HIGH ]CVE-2019-0841
Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 41.4%
- Status
- kevransomware use
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-15. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-04-05.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.