CVE-2019-1315: Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file leading to an elevated status.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles hard links.
- Who is affected
- Users of Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- Urgency
- Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Install the latest security updates from Microsoft.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1315
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2019-1315Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 88% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-1315 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Microsoft Windows Error
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-26169: Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service Improper Privilege Management Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-06-13
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-36874: Microsoft Windows Error Reporting Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-07-11
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-0863: Microsoft Windows Error Reporting (WER) Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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