Microsoft Windows CVE-2019-1422 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the iphlpsvc.dll handles file creation allowing for a file overwrite. 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 iphlpsvc.dll properly handles this type of functionality.
Affected Applications
Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server version 1903 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
Windows Server 2012
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows 10
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2019