CVE-2019-1268
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information,...
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information, aka 'Winlogon 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information, aka 'Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2019-1268- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information, aka 'Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2019-1268- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-9833 No score
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information, aka 'Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2019-9833- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hv49-wm96-cw76 No score
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information,...
An elevation of privilege exists when Winlogon does not properly handle file path information, aka 'Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-hv49-wm96-cw76- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows server
- microsoft windows server, version 1903 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows 7
- microsoft windows 8.1
- microsoft windows rt 8.1
- microsoft windows server 2008
- microsoft windows server 2012
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-1268 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows, published September 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.