Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2019· Updated May 20, 2025
Windows Storage Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2019-0998
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Storage Service improperly handles file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on the victim system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, then run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Storage Services handles file operations.
Affected products
12- Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1803v5Range: 10.0.0
- Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsv5Range: 10.0.0
- Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.17763.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)v5Range: 10.0.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0998mitrevendor-advisory
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