CVE-2019-0973

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when the Windows Installer fails to properly sanitize input leading to an insecure library loading behavior.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-roundup-for-microsofts-june-2019-patch-tuesday

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0973

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-12

Updated: 2020-08-24

Named Vulnerability: InstallerBypass

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: 0.00231