CVE-2019-1170

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when reparse points are created by sandboxed processes allowing sandbox escape, aka 'Windows NTFS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154192/Microsoft-Windows-SET_REPARSE_POINT_EX-Mount-Point-Security-Feature-Bypass.html

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1170

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-08-14

Updated: 2020-08-24

Type: CWE-862

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Impact Score: 6

Exploitability Score: 2

Severity: HIGH