CVE-2019-1420

high

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the dssvc.dll handles file creation allowing for a file overwrite or creation in a secured location, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1422, CVE-2019-1423.

References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1420

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-12

Updated: 2020-08-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High