Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows AppX Deployment Extensions improperly performs privilege management, resulting in access to system files.To exploit this vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to run a specially crafted application to elevate privileges.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how AppX Deployment Extensions manages privileges., aka 'Windows AppX Deployment Extensions Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems – 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems – 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems – 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems – 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems – 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems – 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems – 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems – 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- Microsoft / Windows10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems – 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsunspecified – unspecified
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsunspecified – unspecified
- Microsoft / Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsunspecified – unspecified
- Microsoft / Windows Server2019 – 2019
- Microsoft / Windows Server2019 (Core installation) – 2019 (Core installation)
- Microsoft / Windows Serverversion 1803 (Core Installation) – version 1803 (Core Installation)
- Microsoft / Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)unspecified – unspecified