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CVE-2019-1388: Microsoft Windows Certificate Dialog Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2019-1388
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.
Microsoft Windows Certificate Dialog contains a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing attackers to run processes in an elevated context.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: WindowsPrivilege escalation
What
Microsoft Windows Certificate Dialog contains a privilege escalation vulnerability, allowing attackers to run processes in an elevated context.
Who is affected
Deployments of Microsoft Windows.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Install the latest security updates for Windows.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2023-04-07
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1388

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.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2019-1388coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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