CVE-2019-0942
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for Windows 10 when it improperly restricts access to the registry, aka 'Unified Write Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for Windows 10 when it improperly restricts access to the registry, aka 'Unified Write Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2019-0942- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for Windows 10 when it improperly restricts access to the registry, aka 'Unified Write Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2019-0942- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-1677 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for Windows 10 when it improperly restricts access to the registry, aka 'Unified Write Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2019-1677- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3g4r-x9jc-pp43 No score
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for...
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Unified Write Filter (UWF) feature for Windows 10 when it improperly restricts access to the registry, aka 'Unified Write Filter Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-3g4r-x9jc-pp43- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-0942 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows, published May 16, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.