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CVE-2019-1378

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows 10 Update Assistant in the way it handles permissions.A locally authenticated attacker could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges, aka 'Windows 10 Update Assistant Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Update Assistant: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Update Assistant: all versions

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1378
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1378

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