{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 8 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0986 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2019-0986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 12 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2019-0986 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2019-0986 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 12 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0986 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Windows 10. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0986/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0986/index.md)","id":"CVE-2019-0986","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0986/index.md","name":"CVE-2019-0986","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c792-8wx7-j3v9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Windows User Profile Service","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker with local access can exploit improper symlink handling in the Windows User Profile Service to delete files and folders with elevated privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"windows_10","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_7","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_8.1","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_rt_8.1","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2008","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2012","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2016","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"windows_server_2019","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":6.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"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.\nTo 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.\nThe security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows User Profile Service handles symlinks.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2019-03-21","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":36,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2019-03-21T13:58:25Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/padovah4ck/CVE-2019-0986","stars":36,"title":"Security Research"}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-0986","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:windows_10","products":["microsoft:windows_10","microsoft:windows_7","microsoft:windows_8.1","microsoft:windows_rt_8.1","microsoft:windows_server_2008","microsoft:windows_server_2012","microsoft:windows_server_2016","microsoft:windows_server_2019"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2019"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2019-0987"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Microsoft Speech API Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-0985"},"products":["Windows 10 Version 1507","Windows 10 Version 1607","Windows 10 Version 1703","Windows 10 Version 1709","Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1803","Windows 10 Version 1809","Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems","Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems","Windows 7","Windows 7 Service Pack 1","Windows 8.1","Windows Server 2008  Service Pack 2","Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1","Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2008 R2 Systems Service Pack 1","Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2","Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2012","Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2012 R2","Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2016","Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server 2019","Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)","Windows Server, version 1803  (Server Core Installation)","Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)"],"published":"2019-06-12","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2015-2426","kev_date_added":"2022-03-28","published":"2015-07-20"},{"cvss_score":6.6,"headline":"Microsoft Windows Mount Manager Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2015-1769","kev_date_added":"2022-05-25","published":"2015-08-15"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-1467","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-08-17"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-26424","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-12"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-28476","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-05-11"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-26867","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-11"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Security feature bypass in Windows","id":"CVE-2019-1384","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-11-12"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-20","vendors":["Microsoft"]},"summary":"An attacker with local access can exploit improper symlink handling in the Windows User Profile Service to delete files and folders with elevated privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0986/"}