VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-1185

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability1.10%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-08-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Primary references