CVE-2019-0836
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys), aka 'Windows…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys), aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0730, CVE-2019-0731, CVE-2019-0796, CVE-2019-0805, CVE-2019-0841.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809 - LUAFV PostLuafvPostReadWrite SECTION_OBJECT_POINTERS Race Condition Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46718local, windowspublished 16 Apr 2019Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46718 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By microsoft
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 8.1 for 32-bit systems
- affected 8.1 for x64-based systems
- affected RT 8.1
- affected 10 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation)
- affected 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)
- affected 2012
- affected 2012 (Core installation)
- affected 2012 R2
- affected 2012 R2 (Core installation)
- affected 2016
- affected 2016 (Core installation)
- affected version 1709 (Core Installation)
- affected version 1803 (Core Installation)
- affected 2019
- affected 2019 (Core installation)
- affected 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
- affected 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation)
References
4
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0836 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 107719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 46718 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152538/Microsoft-Windows-LUAFV-PostLuafvPostReadWrite-SECTION_OBJECT_POINTERS-Race-Condition.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-1587 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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