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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2019· Updated May 20, 2025

Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2019-0986

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlinks. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files and folders in an elevated context. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete files or folders of their choosing. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows User Profile Service handles symlinks.

Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1507cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.10240.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1607cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.14393.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1703cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server version 1709cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsv5
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1803v5
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1809cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsv5
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsv5
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 7cpe-rescue
    Range: 6.1.0
  • Microsoft/Windows CSC Servicecpe-rescue
    Range: 6.1.0
  • Microsoft/Windows 8.1cpe-rescue
    Range: 6.3.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2008cpe-rescue3 versions
    6.1.7601.0+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: 6.1.7601.0
    • (no CPE)range: 6.0.0
    • (no CPE)range: 6.0.6003.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 6.1.7601.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 1v5
    Range: 6.1.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 6.0.6003.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2012cpe-rescue2 versions
    6.2.9200.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 6.2.9200.0
    • (no CPE)range: 6.3.9600.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 6.3.9600.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 6.2.9200.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.14393.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 10.0.14393.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2019cpe-rescue
    Range: 10.0.17763.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 10.0.17763.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)v5
    Range: 10.0.0
  • Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5
    Range: 10.0.0

Patches

0

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