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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2019-08-14T20:55:04
Updated: 2024-08-04T18:13:29.478Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-1185
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-04T18:13:29.478Z
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-08-14T21:15:17.047
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:36:12.120
Link: CVE-2019-1185
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