Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

Weakness

• Elevation of Privilege
• CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-121 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems

  • affected 10.0.0 – < publication

• Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems

  • affected 10.0.0 – < publication

• Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems

  • affected 10.0.0 – < publication

• Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

  • affected 10.0.0 – < publication

References (1)

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2019-1185](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2019-1185.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-1185)

Record last updated 4 Aug 2024, 18:13 UTC.