Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2019· Updated May 20, 2025
DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2019-1018
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. 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 take control of an affected system. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DirectX handles objects in memory.
Affected products
13- Range: 10.0.10240.0
- Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Range: 10.0.0
- 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
- Range: 10.0.14393.0
- Microsoft/Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)v5Range: 10.0.14393.0
- 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
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1018mitrevendor-advisory
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