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CVE-2019-0948 — An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (even

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external ent

CVSS
4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS
42.66% (top 2.60%)
CWE
—
Published
2019-06-12T13:49:38.000Z
Last modified
2025-05-20T17:49:34.147Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

01What is this vulnerability?

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files via an XML external entity (XXE) declaration. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could create a file containing specially crafted XML…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180310.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 170910.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.17763.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 180910.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32bit Systems — 10.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64based Systems — 10.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1709 for 32bit Systems — 10.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64based Systems — 10.0.0
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)10.0.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 201910.0.17763.0
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)10.0.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.17763.0
MicrosoftWindows 8.16.3.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)6.0.6003.0
MicrosoftWindows 76.1.0
MicrosoftWindows 7 Service Pack 16.1.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 26.0.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 16.1.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)6.1.7601.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 26.0.6003.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 26.0.6003.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 16.1.7601.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 20126.2.9200.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)6.2.9200.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R26.3.9600.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)6.3.9600.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 160710.0.14393.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 170310.0.0
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 150710.0.10240.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.0
MicrosoftWindows Server 201610.0.14393.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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