CVE-2019-1454

19

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1454 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) that arises from its improper handling of symlinks, affecting various versions of Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but does not involve user interaction, potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:::::::*
		1607CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:::::::*
		1703CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:::::::*
		1709CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:::::::*
		1803CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.64%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

47.0%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0064 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (42)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows RT 8.1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2019-Nov/CVE-2019-1454Important

Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1454

PatchVendor Advisory