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CVE-2019-1388: Microsoft Windows Certificate Dialog Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2023-04-07
• EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Certificate Dialog when it does not properly enforce user privileges, aka 'Windows Certificate Dialog Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 10 1607: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 10 1709: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 10 1803: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 10: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 10 1903: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 1903: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: 1803
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: all versions

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1388
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-975/
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1388
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-975/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-1388

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