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CVE-2019-1185

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0110 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Aug/CVE-2019-1185Important

Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Aug 13, 2019

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1185
PatchVendor Advisory