CVE-2019-1342 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting mana

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1315, CVE-2019-1339.

01What is this vulnerability?

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Error Reporting manager improperly handles a process crash, aka 'Windows Error Reporting Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1315, CVE-2019-1339.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-10 (6y 10m ago)
• Last modified: 2026-06-17

09References

No additional references available in the KB record.