CVE-2019-1185 — Windows Subsystem for Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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 c…
Published: 2019-08-14 · CVSS: 7.3 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7