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CVE-2019-1405: Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2019-1405 · Severity: critical · CVSS 7.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2022-03-15

Technologies: Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1. Vendors: Microsoft.

Executive brief

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service due to improper handling of COM object creation. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with elevated system privileges.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows 10 1507, 1607, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903
  • Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2 SP1
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold, R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Gold, 1803, 1903
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

Timeline

  • 2019-11-12: advisory: MSRC advisory published
  • 2022-03-15: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2022-03-15: exploited: Confirmed exploited in the wild per CISA KEV catalog

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