CVE-2019-0683 Privilege escalation in Windows

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Attackers in a trusting forest can request delegation of a TGT for an identity from the trusted forest, leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-0683?

CVE-2019-0683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 8 Apr 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Active Directory Forest trusts due to a default setting that lets an attacker in the trusting forest request delegation of a TGT for an identity from the trusted forest, aka 'Active Directory Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0683?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-0683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 7 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8xv7-7xwv-fw3m.

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