CVE-2019-0998
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.
Published:Jun 12, 2019
Last Modified:May 20, 2025
EPS:Jun 12, 2019
EPSS Score:0.00666
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10
Microsoft
Windows 10
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2016
Microsoft
Windows Server 2016
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2019
Microsoft
Windows Server 2019
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
