CVE-2019-1129 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) that arises from improper handling of hard links, affecting multiple versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, allowing an authenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, including in known ransomware campaigns, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage despite a lack of public exploit code.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.