CVE-2019-1129
Actively exploited. CVE-2019-1129 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-15) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links.
- Who is affected
- All deployments of Windows with the affected AppXSVC.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patch from Microsoft.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 76% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-1129: Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-15
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