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CVE-2019-1323

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1323 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Update Client, affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper handling of privileges by the client. While no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage. There is no indication of active exploitation in the wild, and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1809CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1903CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1903CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0091 is in the 91st 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 (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019
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 32-bit 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-Oct/CVE-2019-1323Important

Microsoft Windows Update Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Oct 8, 2019

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1323
PatchVendor Advisory