CVE-2019-1336
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Update Client when it does not properly handle privileges, aka…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.97%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 38% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Windows Update Client when it does not properly handle privileges, aka 'Microsoft Windows Update Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1323.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 11 months later
· 11 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 | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% 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 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
- affected 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected 2019
- affected 2019 (Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
- affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
- affected unspecified
References
References1
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1336 (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-2019-9894 (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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