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CVE-2019-0863

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Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way Windows Error Reporting (WER) handles files, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153008/Angry-Polar-Bear-2-Microsoft-Windows-Error-Reporting-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://www.edgescan.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2023-Vulnerability-Statistics-Report.pdf

https://www.tenable.com/blog/critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-cve-2019-0708-addressed-in-patch-tuesday-updates

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0863

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-16

Updated: 2025-04-03

Named Vulnerability: angrypolarbear2Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13105

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