CVE-2019-0693 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability stemming from an integer overflow within the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), a local attacker could exploit this flaw with low complexity to gain full control over the affected system, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1809CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.