Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CVE-2019-1185ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:57925 | Date: (C)2019-08-14 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to a stack corruption in Windows Subsystem for Linux. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Subsystem for Linux handles objects in memory.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server |
Microsoft Windows 10 |