CVE-2019-1185 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, caused by a stack corruption. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit this by running a specially crafted application to execute code with elevated permissions. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), it requires local access and has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has received some community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1903CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1903CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.