An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could then install programs; view, change
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context. An attacker could then install programs; view, change or delete data. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could…
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This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1703 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1803 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation) | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 | 10.0.17763.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1809 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | 10.0.17763.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.17763.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32 | bit Systems — 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32 | bit Systems — 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64 | based Systems — 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64 | based Systems — 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1607 | 10.0.14393.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | 10.0.14393.0 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) | 10.0.14393.0 |
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