Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-1420 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the dssvc.dll handles file creation allowing for a file overwrite or creation in a secured location. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application. The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the dssvc.dll properly handles this type of functionality.

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Windows 10
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2019

CVE References

CVE-2019-1420