CVE-2019-1168 Microsoft Windows p2pimsvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-1168?

CVE-2019-1168 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 14 Aug 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An elevation of privilege exists in the p2pimsvc service where an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. 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 take control of an affected system. The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting how the p2pimsvc service handles processes these requests.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1168?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-1467 Windows Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-26424 Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Critical 9.9
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All Microsoft Windows 10 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j5p2-jf5p-h3rm.