An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlinks. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files and folders in an elevated context.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete files or folders of their choosing.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows User Profile Service handles symlinks.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete files or folders of their choosing.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows User Profile Service handles symlinks.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1709 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation) | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1507 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 10 Version 1607 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 7 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 1 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 | affected |
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| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) | affected |
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EUVD-2019-1717 | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlinks. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files and folders in an elevated context. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete files or folders of their choosing. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows User Profile Service handles symlinks. |
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Microsoft windows 10 1607 Microsoft windows 10 1809 Microsoft windows Server 1803 Microsoft windows Server 1903 Microsoft windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft windows Server 2008 Sp2 Microsoft windows Server 2012 R2 |
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| Description | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlinks, aka 'Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows User Profile Service (ProfSvc) improperly handles symlinks. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete files and folders in an elevated context. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and delete files or folders of their choosing. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows User Profile Service handles symlinks. |
| Title | Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-20T17:49:59.188Z
Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-0986
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-06-12T14:29:02.180
Modified: 2025-05-20T18:15:33.233
Link: CVE-2019-0986
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