Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1170 is fixed in 9 products on 1 platform, first by KB4511553, released August 13, 2019. It is not reported as exploited, but the vendor rates exploitation more likely. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when reparse points are created by sandboxed processes allowing sandbox escape. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use the sandbox escape to elevate privileges on an affected system.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system, and then run a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by preventing sandboxed processes from creating reparse points targeting inaccessible files.</p>
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | |||
| Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems | 17763.678 | KB4511553 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems | 17763.678 | KB4511553 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems | 17763.678 | KB4511553 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems | 18362.295 | KB4512508 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems | 18362.295 | KB4512508 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems | 18362.295 | KB4512508 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows Server 2019 | 17763.678 | KB4511553 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) | 17763.678 | KB4511553 | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) | 18362.295 | KB4512508 | Aug 13, 2019 |
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