CVE-2019-0841 — Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Known ransomware use CISA KEV listed Added March 15, 2022 Remediate by April 5, 2022

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0841

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