Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-1129
Microsoft Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC - [Actively Exploited]
Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows AppX Deployment Service (AppXSVC) improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1130.

INFO

Published Date :

July 15, 2019, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when Windows AppXSVC improperly handles hard links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-1129 has a 13 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-1129 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_server_2016
3 Microsoft windows_server_2019
4 Microsoft windows_server
5 Microsoft windows
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-1129.

URL Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1129 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

Automation for internal Windows Penetrationtest / AD-Security

adsecurity automation exploitation pentest-tool pentesting powershell recon redteam

Shell PowerShell

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 1, 2024, 4:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

None

Shell PowerShell

Updated: 11 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 24, 2023, 1:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

None

Shell PowerShell

Updated: 2 years, 2 months ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 13, 2022, 2:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

cisa-kev vulnerability 0day cisa exploits

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
516 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1181 different CVEs too.

for this repo i wish to keep an archive of available POCs and Descriptions alike,

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
13 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 10, 2022, 11:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 35 different CVEs too.

None

PowerShell

Updated: 1 year, 6 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 9, 2022, 1:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

Extracted data & informations from the Conti & TrickBot leaks.

Updated: 1 month ago
12 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 7, 2022, 12:33 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.

None

PowerShell

Updated: 2 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 5, 2021, 7:59 a.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

None

PowerShell

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 12, 2021, 6:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Collection of Windows Privilege Escalation (Analyse/PoC/Exp...)

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
296 stars 59 fork 59 watcher
Born at : April 22, 2021, 3:29 a.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.

AppXSVC Service race condition - privilege escalation

privilege-escalation privilege-escalation-exploits cve-2019-1129 cve-2019-1130

C#

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
26 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : June 14, 2019, 4:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Automation for internal Windows Penetrationtest / AD-Security

pentesting automation adsecurity privilege-escalation powersploit pentest-tool exploitation recon redteam powershell

PowerShell Shell

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
3278 stars 498 fork 498 watcher
Born at : March 7, 2018, 12:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 12 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-1129 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-1129 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1129 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1129 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-1129 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-1129 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

88.40 }} 0.47%

score

0.98772

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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